Bill Text: IA HF2458 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program and trust fund to be administered by the college student aid commission. Effective 7-1-12.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-27 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 894. [HF2458 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2458-Enrolled.html
House
File
2458
AN
ACT
ESTABLISHING
A
RURAL
IOWA
PRIMARY
CARE
LOAN
REPAYMENT
PROGRAM
AND
TRUST
FUND
TO
BE
ADMINISTERED
BY
THE
COLLEGE
STUDENT
AID
COMMISSION.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
261.115
Rural
Iowa
primary
care
loan
repayment
program
——
fund
——
appropriations.
1.
Program
established.
A
rural
Iowa
primary
care
loan
repayment
program
is
established
to
be
administered
by
the
college
student
aid
commission
for
purposes
of
providing
loan
repayments
for
medical
students
who
agree
to
practice
as
physicians
in
service
commitment
areas
for
five
years
and
meet
the
requirements
of
this
section.
2.
Eligibility.
An
individual
is
eligible
to
apply
to
enter
into
a
program
agreement
with
the
commission
if
the
individual
is
enrolled
full-time
in
and
receives
a
recommendation
from
the
state
university
of
Iowa
college
of
medicine
or
Des
Moines
university
——
osteopathic
medical
center
in
a
curriculum
leading
to
a
doctor
of
medicine
degree
or
a
doctor
of
osteopathy
degree.
3.
Program
agreements.
A
program
agreement
shall
be
entered
into
by
an
eligible
student
and
the
commission
when
the
eligible
student
begins
the
curriculum
leading
to
a
doctor
of
medicine
or
osteopathy
degree.
Under
the
agreement,
to
receive
loan
repayments
pursuant
to
subsection
5,
an
eligible
House
File
2458,
p.
2
student
shall
agree
to
and
shall
fulfill
all
of
the
following
requirements:
a.
Receive
a
doctor
of
medicine
or
osteopathy
degree
from
an
eligible
university
and
apply
for,
enter,
and
complete
a
residency
program
approved
by
the
commission.
b.
Apply
for
and
obtain
a
license
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
in
this
state.
c.
Complete
their
residency
program
requirement
with
an
Iowa-based
residency
program.
d.
Within
nine
months
of
graduating
from
their
residency
program
and
receiving
a
permanent
license
in
accordance
with
paragraph
“b”
,
engage
in
the
full-time
practice
of
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
specializing
in
family
medicine,
pediatrics,
psychiatry,
internal
medicine,
or
general
surgery
for
a
period
of
sixty
consecutive
months
in
the
service
commitment
area
specified
under
subsection
6,
unless
the
loan
repayment
recipient
receives
a
waiver
from
the
commission
to
complete
the
months
of
practice
required
under
the
agreement
in
another
service
commitment
area
pursuant
to
subsection
6.
4.
Priority
to
Iowa
residents.
The
commission
shall
give
priority
to
eligible
students
who
are
residents
of
Iowa
upon
enrolling
in
the
university.
5.
Loan
repayment
amounts.
a.
The
amount
of
loan
repayment
an
eligible
student
who
enters
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
subsection
3
shall
receive
upon
fulfilling
the
requirements
of
subsection
3
shall
be
not
more
than
fifty
thousand
dollars
annually
for
an
eligible
loan.
Payments
under
this
section
are
limited
to
a
four-year
period
and
shall
not
exceed
a
total
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
b.
The
commission
shall
not
enter
into
more
than
twenty
program
agreements
annually.
Fifty
percent
of
the
agreements
shall
be
entered
into
by
students
attending
each
university
described
in
subsection
2.
However,
if
there
are
fewer
than
ten
eligible
student
applicants
at
one
university,
eligible
student
applicants
enrolled
in
the
other
university
may
be
awarded
the
remaining
agreements.
6.
Selection
of
service
commitment
area.
A
loan
repayment
recipient
shall
notify
the
commission
of
the
recipient’s
service
commitment
area
prior
to
beginning
practice
in
the
area
in
accordance
with
subsection
3,
paragraph
“d”
.
The
commission
may
waive
the
requirement
that
the
loan
repayment
recipient
practice
in
the
same
service
commitment
area
for
all
sixty
House
File
2458,
p.
3
months.
7.
Rules
for
additional
loan
repayment.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
to
provide,
in
addition
to
loan
repayment
provided
to
eligible
students
pursuant
to
this
section
and
subject
to
the
availability
of
surplus
funds,
loan
repayment
to
a
physician
who
received
a
doctor
of
medicine
or
osteopathy
degree
from
an
eligible
university
as
provided
in
subsection
2,
obtained
a
license
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
in
this
state,
completed
the
physician’s
residency
program
requirement
with
an
Iowa-based
residency
program,
and
is
engaged
in
the
full-time
practice
of
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
as
specified
in
subsection
3,
paragraph
“d”
.
8.
Part-time
practice
——
agreement
amended.
A
person
who
entered
an
agreement
pursuant
to
subsection
3
may
apply
to
the
commission
to
amend
the
agreement
to
allow
the
person
to
engage
in
less
than
the
full-time
practice
specified
in
the
agreement
and
under
subsection
3,
paragraph
“d”
.
If
the
commission
determines
exceptional
circumstances
exist,
the
commission
and
the
person
may
consent
to
amend
the
agreement
under
which
the
person
shall
engage
in
less
than
full-time
practice
of
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
specializing
in
family
medicine,
pediatrics,
psychiatry,
internal
medicine,
or
general
surgery
in
a
service
commitment
area
for
an
extended
period
of
part-time
practice
determined
by
the
commission
to
be
proportional
to
the
amount
of
full-time
practice
remaining
under
the
original
agreement.
9.
Postponement
and
satisfaction
of
service
obligation.
a.
The
obligation
to
engage
in
practice
in
accordance
with
subsection
3
shall
be
postponed
for
the
following
purposes:
(1)
Active
duty
status
in
the
armed
forces,
the
armed
forces
military
reserve,
or
the
national
guard.
(2)
Service
in
volunteers
in
service
to
America.
(3)
Service
in
the
federal
peace
corps.
(4)
A
period
of
service
commitment
to
the
United
States
public
health
service
commissioned
corps.
(5)
A
period
of
religious
missionary
work
conducted
by
an
organization
exempt
from
federal
income
taxation
pursuant
to
section
501(c)(3)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code.
(6)
Any
period
of
temporary
medical
incapacity
during
which
the
person
obligated
is
unable,
due
to
a
medical
condition,
to
engage
in
full-time
practice
as
required
under
subsection
3,
paragraph
“d”
.
House
File
2458,
p.
4
b.
Except
for
a
postponement
under
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(6),
an
obligation
to
engage
in
practice
under
an
agreement
pursuant
to
subsection
3,
shall
not
be
postponed
for
more
than
two
years
from
the
time
the
full-time
practice
was
to
have
commenced
under
the
agreement.
c.
An
obligation
to
engage
in
full-time
practice
under
an
agreement
entered
into
pursuant
to
subsection
3
shall
be
considered
satisfied
when
any
of
the
following
conditions
are
met:
(1)
The
terms
of
the
agreement
are
completed.
(2)
The
person
who
entered
into
the
agreement
dies.
(3)
The
person
who
entered
into
the
agreement,
due
to
a
permanent
disability,
is
unable
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery.
10.
Trust
fund
established.
A
rural
Iowa
primary
care
trust
fund
is
created
in
the
state
treasury
as
a
separate
fund
under
the
control
of
the
commission.
The
commission
shall
remit
all
repayments
made
pursuant
to
this
section
to
the
rural
Iowa
primary
care
trust
fund.
All
moneys
deposited
or
paid
into
the
trust
fund
are
appropriated
and
made
available
to
the
commission
to
be
used
for
meeting
the
requirements
of
this
section.
Moneys
in
the
fund
up
to
the
total
amount
that
an
eligible
student
may
receive
for
an
eligible
loan
in
accordance
with
this
section
and
upon
fulfilling
the
requirements
of
subsection
3,
shall
be
considered
encumbered
for
the
duration
of
the
agreement
entered
into
pursuant
to
subsection
3.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
any
balance
in
the
fund
on
June
30
of
each
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state,
but
shall
be
available
for
purposes
of
this
section
in
subsequent
fiscal
years.
11.
Definitions.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
a.
“Eligible
loan”
means
the
physician’s
total
federally
guaranteed
Stafford
loan
amount
under
the
federal
family
education
loan
program
or
the
federal
direct
loan
program,
including
principal
and
interest.
b.
“Eligible
university”
means
either
the
state
university
of
Iowa
college
of
medicine
or
Des
Moines
university
——
osteopathic
medical
center.
c.
“Service
commitment
area”
means
a
city
in
Iowa
with
a
population
of
less
than
twenty-six
thousand
that
is
located
more
than
twenty
miles
from
a
city
with
a
population
of
fifty
thousand
or
more
and
which
provides
a
twenty
thousand
dollar
contribution
for
deposit
in
the
rural
Iowa
primary
care
trust
House
File
2458,
p.
5
fund
for
each
physician
in
the
community
who
is
participating
in
the
loan
repayment
program.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2458,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
