Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF379

Introduced
2/13/25  

Caption

A bill for an act relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, and certain medical residency and fellowship position applicants.(Formerly HF 12.)

Impact

By requiring the UIHC to interview these local applicants, HF379 potentially increases the number of medical professionals trained and retained in Iowa. This could positively impact the availability of healthcare services in the state, addressing ongoing needs for medical practitioners in various specialties. Additionally, the requirement for annual reporting to the governor and general assembly ensures transparency and ongoing assessment of the program's effectiveness in fulfilling its goals. It compels the UIHC to track and publicly share key information about interview processes and outcomes, contributing to informed decision-making for future healthcare policies.

Summary

House File 379, a legislative initiative in Iowa, mandates that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) interview applicants for medical residency positions in specific specialties. These specialties include obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, and primary care, as well as cardiology fellowship positions. The bill aims to enhance opportunities for residents of Iowa and those who have earned degrees from Iowa institutions, thereby promoting local talent in the medical field. This local approach seeks to ensure that qualified individuals from within the state are given priority for these critical roles in healthcare.

Contention

Although the bill appears to promote a beneficial local initiative, it may also raise concerns among some stakeholders regarding the implications for broader applicant pools. Critics may argue that by prioritizing local applicants, the bill could inadvertently limit diversity and the inclusion of qualified candidates from outside the state. This focus on localism may lead to debates on the balance between supporting community professionals and ensuring the best candidates for medical positions, irrespective of their geographic background. As the bill progresses through legislative discussions, it is likely to attract attention from various healthcare advocates, educational institutions, and policymakers focused on the future of medical practice in Iowa.

Companion Bills

IA HF12

Similar To A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379.)

Previously Filed As

IA HSB57

A bill for an act relating to a state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship program.(See HF 274.)

IA SF325

A bill for an act relating to a state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship program.(Formerly SSB 1104.)

IA HF274

A bill for an act relating to a state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship program. (Formerly HSB 57.) Effective date: 07/01/2023.

IA SSB1104

A bill for an act relating to a state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship program.(See SF 325.)

IA HF2698

A bill for an act relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, including other related provisions and appropriations including but not limited to the personal needs allowance for certain persons under Medicaid and the state supplementary assistance programs, replacement generation tax revenues, the Medicaid fraud and health care trust funds, the retention of certain revenues by the mental health institutes, the retention of Medicaid eligibility by residents of mental health institutes, the scope of services of the state resource centers, the appropriation of moneys in the juvenile detention home fund, the family investment program account and diversion program, the child support collection services center refund account, the quality assurance assessment payment period, the centers of excellence grant program, an assisted living program revised payment model study, funding for county commissions of veteran affairs, foster care provisions including those relating to a relative or fictive kin, health care employment agencies and health care technology platforms, medical cannabidiol practitioner requirements, nursing facility oversight, and state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship positions, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. Effective date: 05/09/2024, 07/01/2024. Applicability date: 07/01/2022, 07/01/2023.

IA HF2395

A bill for an act creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act.(Formerly HF 2155.)

IA HF462

A bill for an act relating to Medicare supplement policies and an annual open enrollment period. (Formerly HF 228.)

IA HF724

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations including health policy oversight, public assistance program provisions and a public assistance modernization fund, sprinkler systems for home and community-based services waiver recipient residences, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program and fund, adoption subsidy program nonrecurring adoption expenses, real estate transactions involving departmental institutions, providing penalties, and including effective date and other applicability date provisions.(Formerly HSB 248.)

IA HSB248

A bill for an act relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related provisions and appropriations including health policy oversight, public assistance program provisions and a public assistance modernization fund, sprinkler systems for home and community-based services waiver recipient residences, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program and fund, adoption subsidy program nonrecurring adoption expenses, real estate transactions involving departmental institutions, providing penalties, and including effective date and other applicability date provisions.(See HF 724.)

IA HF2155

A bill for an act creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act.(See HF 2395.)

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.