HF 196 — A bill for an act expanding the health care professional recruitment program. (Formerly HF 5.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

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HouseBE iIT ie196,anActexpandingthehealthcareprofessionalrecruitmentprogram.ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

Theabove House Fileisherebyapprovedon thisdate.

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Section 261.115^261.115, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2021, aare ramended eato mread eas nfollows: d t o r e a a s f o l l o w s :

A health care professional recruitment program is established to be administered by the college student aid commission for DooDes MoinosMoines university —— osteopathic medical CGntorcenter students who graduate from an academic program at an eligible institution that leads to licensure as a health care professional.professional .

DoaDes MoinosMoines university ootoopathic—— modicalosteopathic contormedical center Eligible institutions offering academic programs that lead to licensure as a health care professional shall recruit and place health care professionals in rural communities which have agreed to provide additional funds for the recipient'srecipient’s loan repayment.

2 stipulate that the recipient repay any funds paid on the recipient'srecipient’s loan by the commission if the recipient fails to practice in an eligible rural community in this state for the required period of time.

Section 261.115, subsection 55, , Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

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Oa,0a. ^Eligible institution'' means an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents or an accredited private institution as defined in s e c t i2 6 1 .

9“Eligible .institution” means an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents or an accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.

Section 261.115, subsection 5, paragraph b.b, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:

Code 2021, is amended to read a s follows:

'^Health“Health care professional"professional” means a an athletic trainer, occupational therapist, physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or physical therapist who is licensed, accredited, registered, or certified to perform specified health care service^sservices consistent with st^t^e—±a;y.state law.

I______________________________ T______________________________ ^PAT PGRASSLEY AJAKE GCHAPMAN R A S S L E Y KE'cifepMAN Speaker of the House PPresident rof e s i d e the SSenate e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House PileFile 196, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.

J______________________________ HMEGHAN ANNELSON EChief LClerk Sof Othe NHouse Ihief C l e o ft h eH o u s e Approved ,_______________, 22021 0______________________________ 2KIM 1REYNOLDS KGovernor I R E Y N O L D S G o v e r n o r