Bill Text: IA HF350 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring college or university medical programs in the state to give priority to applicants who are residents of Iowa.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. [HF350 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF350-Introduced.html

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House File 350 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  FRY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring college or university medical programs in the
  2    state to give priority to applicants who are residents of
  3    Iowa.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  Is a specialized college that is accredited by the higher
  1  4 learning commission, and which offers health professional
  1  5 programs that are affiliated with health care systems located
  1  6 in Iowa.  Such an institution shall give priority to applicants
  1  7 for admission who are residents of Iowa. Notice that priority
  1  8 for admission is given to Iowa residents shall be published on
  1  9 the institution's application for admission form.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 262.9, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended
  1 11 to read as follows:
  1 12    3.  Make rules for admission to and for the government of
  1 13 said institutions, not inconsistent with law.  The rules shall
  1 14 require institutions of higher learning governed by the board
  1 15 to give priority to residents of Iowa who apply for admission
  1 16 to a college of medicine or to a medical program offered by
  1 17 such institutions. Notice that priority for admission is
  1 18 given to Iowa residents shall be published on the application
  1 19 for admission form used by the institutions for a college of
  1 20 medicine or for a medical program offered by the institution.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 23 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 24    This bill provides that an accredited private institution
  1 25 that is a specialized college offering health professional
  1 26 programs and a regents university that has a college of
  1 27 medicine or which offers medical programs must give priority
  1 28 for admission to applicants who are residents of Iowa. The
  1 29 institutions must publish notice of the priority given to Iowa
  1 30 residents on application for admission forms used for admission
  1 31 to colleges of medicine, health profession programs, and
  1 32 medical programs.
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