Bill Text: IA SF2383 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to various matters under the purview of the state, including city and county inspections, work-based learning, recruitment of health care professionals, regulations affecting veterans and military spouses, insurance producer temporary licenses, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2361, SSB 3123.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-24 - Fiscal note. [SF2383 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SF2383-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2383 - Enrolled Senate File 2383 AN ACT RELATING TO VARIOUS MATTERS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE STATE, INCLUDING CITY AND COUNTY INSPECTIONS, WORK-BASED LEARNING, RECRUITMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, REGULATIONS AFFECTING VETERANS AND MILITARY SPOUSES, INSURANCE PRODUCER TEMPORARY LICENSES, AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: DIVISION I COUNTY AND CITY INSPECTIONS Section 1. Section 335.30, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 3. A county shall not require an inspection of a manufactured home that has been inspected according to requirements of the United States department of housing and urban development and constructed in conformance with the federal manufactured home construction and safety standards provided in 24 C.F.R. pt. 3280. Sec. 2. Section 414.28, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 3A. A city shall not require an inspection of a manufactured home that has been inspected according to requirements of the United States department of housing and urban development and constructed in conformance with the federal manufactured home construction and safety standards provided in 24 C.F.R. pt. 3280.
Senate File 2383, p. 2 DIVISION II WORK-BASED LEARNING Sec. 3. Section 256.9, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 65. Adopt rules to establish and maintain a process that requires the boards of directors of school districts to report to the department at least annually regarding student participation in work-based learning programs established by the board of directors of the school district, including registered apprenticeships, quality pre-apprenticeships, internships, on-the-job training, and projects through the Iowa clearinghouse for work-based learning. Sec. 4. Section 272.1, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 18. “Work-based learning program supervisor” means a person who is certified pursuant to section 272.16 to supervise students’ opportunities and experiences related to workplace tours, job shadowing, rotations, mentoring, entrepreneurship, service learning, internships, and apprenticeships. Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 272.16 Work-based learning program supervisor certificates. 1. The board of educational examiners shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a certification system for work-based learning program supervisors. The rules shall specify rights, responsibilities, levels, and qualifications for the certificate. The certificate shall not require more than fifteen contact hours, which shall be available over the internet and which shall provide instruction related to fundamentals in career education, curriculum, assessment, and the evaluation of student participation. 2. Applicants shall be disqualified for any reason specified in section 272.2, subsection 14, or in rules adopted by the board of educational examiners. 3. A certificate issued pursuant to this section shall not be considered a teacher or administrator license for any purpose specified by law, including the purposes specified under this chapter or chapter 279.
Senate File 2383, p. 3 4. The work-based learning program supervisor certificate established pursuant to this section shall be considered a professional development program. Sec. 6. Section 279.61, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: (2) Identify the coursework and work-based learning needed in grades nine through twelve to support the student’s postsecondary education and career options. Sec. 7. Section 279.61, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (4) Prior to graduation, advise the student how to successfully complete the free application for federal student aid. DIVISION III HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT Sec. 8. Section 261.113, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 2. Eligibility. An individual is eligible to apply to enter into a program agreement with the commission pursuant to subsection 3 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 osteopathic medicine degree. Sec. 9. Section 261.113, subsection 3, paragraphs c and d, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows: c. Complete the residency program requirement with an Iowa-based residency program . d. Within nine months of graduating from the residency program and receiving a permanent license in accordance with paragraph “b” , engage in the full-time or part-time practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery specializing in family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, or general surgery for a period of five consecutive years in the service commitment area specified under subsection 8 , unless the loan repayment recipient receives a waiver from the commission to complete the years of practice required under the agreement in another service commitment area pursuant to
Senate File 2383, p. 4 subsection 8 . Sec. 10. Section 261.113, subsections 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows: 5. Loan repayment amounts. The amount of loan repayment an eligible student who enters into an agreement pursuant to subsection 3 shall receive if in compliance with obligations under the agreement shall be forty thousand dollars annually for an eligible loan if the total loan amount equals or exceeds two hundred thousand dollars. Payments under this section made pursuant to an agreement entered into under subsection 3 may be made for each year of eligible practice during a period of five consecutive years and shall not exceed a total of two hundred thousand dollars. If the total amount of an eligible student’s eligible loan upon graduation is less than two hundred thousand dollars, the commission shall divide the total amount of the eligible student’s eligible loan by five to determine the annual amount of loan repayment the loan recipient is eligible to receive. 7. Program agreement limitation. The commission shall not enter into more than twenty program agreements annually unless surplus funds are available . The percentage of agreements entered into pursuant to subsection 3 by students attending eligible universities shall be evenly divided. However, if there are fewer applicants at one eligible university, eligible student applicants enrolled in other eligible universities may be awarded the remaining agreements. 8. 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 five years. 9. 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 an agreement entered into under subsection 3, and subject to the availability of surplus funds, loan repayment to a physician who received a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic
Senate File 2383, p. 5 medicine 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 or part-time practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery as specified specializing in a practice area listed in subsection 3 , paragraph “d” , in a service commitment area for a period of five consecutive years. The amount of loan repayment provided to a physician pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the same limitations applicable to an eligible student under subsection 5. The total amount of a physician’s eligible loans shall be established as of the date the physician applies for loan repayment pursuant to this subsection . 10. Part-time practice —— agreement amended. A person who entered into 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 a part-time practice specified in the agreement and under subsection 3 , paragraph “d” . The For agreements entered into pursuant to subsection 3 prior to July 1, 2022, the commission and the person may consent to amend the agreement under which the person shall engage in less than full-time the part-time practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery specializing in family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, 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. For purposes of this subsection , “less than the full-time practice” means at least seventy percent of a forty-hour workweek. 12. 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
Senate File 2383, p. 6 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 or a physician may receive for an eligible loan in accordance with this section and upon fulfilling the requirements of subsection 3 or subsection 9, as applicable , shall be considered encumbered for the duration of the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 eligible student’s or physician’s obligation under subsection 3 or subsection 9, as applicable . 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. Sec. 11. Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph a, subparagraph (6), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: (6) Any period of temporary medical incapacity during which the person obligated is unable, due to a medical condition, to engage in full-time or part-time practice as required under subsection 3 , paragraph “d” . Sec. 12. Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: b. Except for a postponement under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (6), an obligation to engage in practice under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 , shall not be postponed for more than two years from the time the full-time or part-time practice was to have commenced under the agreement. Sec. 13. Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph c, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: An obligation to engage in full-time or part-time practice under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 shall be considered satisfied when any of the following conditions are met: Sec. 14. Section 261.113, subsection 13, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . 0c. “Part-time practice” means at least seventy percent of a forty-hour workweek. Sec. 15. Section 261.115, subsection 5, paragraphs a and c, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
Senate File 2383, p. 7 a. “Eligible institution” means an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents , a community college established under chapter 260C, or an accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9 . c. “Health care professional” means an advanced registered nurse practitioner, athletic trainer, occupational therapist, physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, registered nurse, or physical therapist who is licensed, accredited, registered, or certified to perform specified health care services consistent with state law. Sec. 16. Section 261.116, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 261.116 Health care loan repayment award program. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Advanced registered nurse practitioner” means a person licensed as a registered nurse under chapter 152 or 152E who is licensed by the board of nursing as an advanced registered nurse practitioner. b. “Nurse educator” means a registered nurse who holds a master’s degree or doctorate degree and is employed by a community college, an accredited private institution, or an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents as a faculty member to teach nursing at a nursing education program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to section 152.5 . c. “Physician assistant” means a person licensed as a physician assistant under chapter 148C . d. “Qualified student loan” means a loan that was made, insured, or guaranteed under Tit. IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended , or under Tit. VII or VIII of the federal Public Health Service Act, as amended , directly to the borrower for attendance at an approved postsecondary educational institution. e. d. “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. 2. Program established. A health care loan repayment award
Senate File 2383, p. 8 program is established to be administered by the commission for purposes of repaying the qualified student loans of providing financial awards to registered nurses, advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse educators who practice full-time in a service commitment area or teach full-time or part-time in this state, as appropriate, and who are selected for the program in accordance with this section . An applicant who is a member of the Iowa national guard is exempt from the service commitment area requirement, but shall submit an affidavit verifying the applicant is practicing full-time in this state. A part-time nurse educator must also practice as a registered nurse or an advanced registered nurse practitioner to qualify for an award under this section. 3. Application requirements. Each applicant for loan repayment an award shall, in accordance with the rules of the commission, do the following: a. Complete and file an application for loan repayment an award . The individual shall be responsible for the prompt submission of any information required by the commission. b. File a new application and submit information as required by the commission annually on the basis of which the applicant’s eligibility for the renewed loan repayment award will be evaluated and determined. c. Complete and return, on a form approved by the commission, an affidavit of practice verifying that the applicant is a registered nurse, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant who is practicing full-time in a service commitment area in this state or is a nurse educator who teaches full-time or part-time in this state. A part-time nurse educator must also practice as a registered nurse or an advanced registered nurse practitioner to qualify for an award under this section. If practice in a service commitment area is required as a condition of receiving loan repayment an award , the affidavit shall specify the service commitment area in which the applicant is practicing full-time. 4. Loan repayment Award amounts. The annual amount of loan repayment an award provided to a recipient under this section shall not exceed is six thousand dollars , or twenty percent
Senate File 2383, p. 9 of the recipient’s total qualified student loan, whichever amount is less . A recipient is eligible for the loan repayment program an award for not more than five consecutive years. 5. Refinanced loans. A loan repayment recipient who refinances a qualified student loan by obtaining a private educational loan may continue to receive loan repayment under this section if the amount of loan repayment does not exceed the lesser of the amount specified in subsection 4 or the balance of the loan repayment amount the loan repayment recipient qualified to receive with the qualified student loan. 6. 5. Selection criteria. The commission shall establish by rule the evaluation criteria to be used in evaluating applications submitted under this section . Priority shall be given to applicants who are residents of Iowa and, if requested by the adjutant general, to applicants who are members of the Iowa national guard. 7. 6. Health care loan repayment award fund. A health care loan repayment award fund is created for deposit of moneys appropriated to or received by the commission for use under the program. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys deposited in the health care loan repayment award fund shall not revert to any fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year but shall remain in the loan repayment award fund and be continuously available for loan repayment under the program. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2 , interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the health care loan award fund shall be credited to the fund. 8. 7. Report. The commission shall submit in a report to the general assembly by January 1, annually, the number of individuals who received loan repayment an award pursuant to this section , where the participants practiced or taught, the amount paid to each program participant, and other information identified by the commission as indicators of outcomes of the program. 9. 8. Rules. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section . DIVISION IV PROFESSIONAL LICENSING —— MILITARY SPOUSES Sec. 17. Section 272C.4, subsections 11, 12, and 13, Code
Senate File 2383, p. 10 2022, are amended by striking the subsections. Sec. 18. Section 272C.12, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration, including a license, certificate, or registration issued by the board of educational examiners, shall be issued without an examination to a person who establishes residency in this state or to a person who is married to an active duty member of the military forces of the United States and who is accompanying the member on an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state if all of the following conditions are met: Sec. 19. Section 272C.12, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: b. For a license issued pursuant to chapter 103 or 105, the person has established residency in this state or is married to an active duty member of the military forces of the United States and is accompanying the member on an official permanent change of station to a military installation located in this state. Sec. 20. Section 272C.12, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: e. A person who is licensed by another issuing jurisdiction and is may be granted a privilege to practice in this state by another provision of law without receiving a license in this state. Sec. 21. NEW SECTION . 272C.12A Licensure of military spouses and veterans. 1. A licensing board, agency, or department shall expedite the application for an occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration, including a license, certificate, or registration issued by the board of educational examiners, by a person who is licensed in a profession or occupation with a similar scope of practice in another state and who is married to an active duty member of the military forces of the United States or is a veteran, as defined in section 35.1. 2. a. If the licensing board, agency, or department
Senate File 2383, p. 11 determines that the applicant does not qualify for licensure pursuant to section 272C.12 because the person is not licensed, certified, or registered in an occupation or profession with a substantially similar scope of practice, the licensing board, agency, or department shall issue a temporary license to the applicant for a period of time deemed necessary by the board, agency, or department for the applicant to complete education or training substantially similar to the education or training required for the issuance of the occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration required of this state. b. The licensing board, agency, or department shall advise the applicant of the required education or training necessary to obtain a professional license, certificate, or registration in this state. 3. After an applicant submits records of completing the requirements identified in subsection 2, the licensing board, agency, or department shall issue an occupational or professional license, certificate, or registration to the applicant. 4. A licensing board, agency, or department shall adopt rules to provide credit toward qualifications for licensure to practice an occupation or profession in this state for education, training, and service obtained or completed by a person while serving honorably on federal active duty, state active duty, or national guard duty, as defined in section 29A.1, to the extent consistent with the qualifications required by the appropriate licensing board, agency, or department. The rules shall also provide credit toward qualifications for initial licensure for education, training, or service obtained or completed by a person while serving honorably in the military forces of another state or the organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States, to the extent consistent with the qualifications required by the appropriate licensing board, agency, or department. 5. A licensing board, agency, or department shall annually file a report with the governor and the general assembly providing information and statistics on licenses and temporary licenses issued under this section and information and statistics on credit received by individuals for education,
Senate File 2383, p. 12 training, and service pursuant to subsection 4. Sec. 22. Section 272C.14, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 272C.14 Waiver of fees. 1. A licensing board, agency, or department , or the board of educational examiners shall waive any fee charged to an applicant for a license if the applicant’s household income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty income guidelines and the applicant is applying for the license for the first time in this state. 2. A licensing board, agency, department, or the board of educational examiners shall waive an initial application fee and one renewal fee for an applicant that has been honorably or generally discharged from federal active duty or national guard duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, that would otherwise be charged within five years of the discharge. Sec. 23. IMPLEMENTATION. Each board, as defined in section 272.1 or section 272C.1, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to implement the section of this division of this Act amending section 272C.14 by January 11, 2023. DIVISION V FISHING AND HUNTING LICENSES —— MILITARY VETERANS Sec. 24. Section 483A.24, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 20. Upon payment of a fee, not to exceed five dollars, established by rules adopted pursuant to section 483A.1 for an annual armed forces fishing license or annual armed forces hunting and fishing combined license, the department shall issue an annual armed forces fishing license or annual armed forces hunting and fishing combined license to a resident of Iowa who has served in the armed forces of the United States on federal active duty. The department shall prepare an application to be used by a person requesting an annual armed forces fishing license or annual armed forces hunting and fishing combined license under this subsection. The department may consult with the department of veterans affairs when adopting rules to verify the status of applicants under this subsection. DIVISION VI
Senate File 2383, p. 13 DRIVER’S LICENSE AND PARKING FEES —— VETERANS Sec. 25. Section 321.191, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 10. Fees waived —— veterans. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, the department shall not charge the following fees for a driver’s license to the following applicants: a. The fees set forth under subsections 2 and 5 to an applicant who is a veteran with a permanent service-connected disability rating of one hundred percent, as certified by the United States department of veterans affairs. b. The fees set forth under subsections 3 and 4 to an applicant who is on federal active duty or state active duty, as those terms are defined in section 29A.1, or who was issued an honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions from such service. Sec. 26. Section 364.3, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 17. a. A city that operates and maintains parking meters or non-metered parking lots shall not enforce any ordinance related to fees at such parking meters against, and shall not charge a fee at any non-metered parking lot to, a person whose vehicle is lawfully displaying any of the following registration plates: (1) Medal of honor special registration plates issued pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 8. (2) Ex-prisoner of war special registration plates issued pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 8A. (3) Purple heart special registration plates issued pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 18. (4) Registration plates displaying the alphabetical characters “DV” preceding the registration plate number pursuant to section 321.166, subsection 6. b. This subsection shall not be construed to limit a city’s authority to enforce other parking-related ordinances, including but not limited to ordinances regulating the length of time parking is allowed, parking along snow and emergency routes, and the hours and locations where parking is prohibited.
Senate File 2383, p. 14 DIVISION VII TEMPORARY LICENSES —— INSURANCE PRODUCERS Sec. 27. Section 522B.10, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs: NEW PARAGRAPH . e. To an applicant for a resident insurance producer license who has met all of the requirements under section 522B.5, subsection 1, and who has not been issued a resident insurance producer license within ten business days from the date that the applicant submitted fingerprints and any other required identifying information to the commissioner pursuant to section 522B.5A, subsection 3. NEW PARAGRAPH . f. To an applicant for a nonresident insurance producer license that has met all of the requirements under section 522B.7 and that has not been issued a nonresident insurance producer license within ten business days from that date that the applicant submitted fingerprints and any other required identifying information to the commissioner pursuant to section 522B.5A, subsection 3. ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2383, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2022 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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