Bill Text: IA HF2197 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the medical residency training state matching grants program rural rotation requirement. (Formerly HF 2052.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 789. [HF2197 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2197-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the medical residency training state matching grants program rural rotation requirement. (Formerly HF 2052.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 789. [HF2197 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2197-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2052)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
medical
residency
training
state
1
matching
grants
program
rural
rotation
requirement.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.176,
subsection
2,
paragraph
g,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
g.
A
requirement
that
the
residency
program
offer
persons
to
3
whom
a
primary
care
,
including
psychiatry,
residency
position
4
is
awarded,
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
rural
rotation
5
to
expose
the
resident
to
the
rural
areas
of
the
state.
For
6
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“primary
care”
shall
include
7
psychiatry,
obstetrics,
gynecology,
family
medicine,
internal
8
medicine,
and
emergency
medicine.
9
Sec.
2.
2019
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
55,
section
3,
subsection
1,
10
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
11
1.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
shall
give
12
priority
in
awarding
federal
residency
positions
as
established
13
under
the
federal
Balanced
Budget
Act
of
1997,
Pub.
L.
No.
14
105-33,
to
applicants
who
are
residents
of
Iowa,
attended
15
and
earned
an
undergraduate
degree
from
an
Iowa
college
or
16
university,
or
attended
and
earned
a
medical
degree
from
a
17
medical
school
in
Iowa.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
18
clinics
shall
also
provide
persons
to
whom
a
primary
care
,
19
including
psychiatry,
residency
position
is
awarded,
the
20
opportunity
to
participate
in
a
rural
rotation
to
expose
the
21
resident
to
rural
areas
of
the
state.
For
the
purposes
of
this
22
subsection,
“primary
care”
shall
include
psychiatry,
obstetrics,
23
gynecology,
family
medicine,
internal
medicine,
and
emergency
24
medicine.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
the
medical
residency
training
state
29
matching
grants
program.
30
Under
current
law,
the
program
requires
that
a
residency
31
program
including
federal
residency
positions
at
the
university
32
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
offer
persons
to
whom
a
33
primary
care
residency
position
is
awarded
the
opportunity
34
to
participate
in
a
rural
rotation
to
expose
the
resident
to
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the
rural
areas
of
the
state.
Under
current
law,
primary
1
care
specifically
includes
the
practice
area
of
psychiatry.
2
Under
the
bill,
the
specified
primary
care
practice
areas
3
are
expanded
to
also
include
obstetrics,
gynecology,
family
4
medicine,
internal
medicine,
and
emergency
medicine.
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