House File 516 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 516 BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 137) A BILL FOR An Act establishing requirements relating to the residency of 1 persons accepted for admission to the state university of 2 Iowas colleges of medicine and dentistry and requiring an 3 annual report. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1695HV (3) 91 lh/ko
H.F. 516 Section 1. Section 262.9, Code 2025, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 39. Adopt a policy requiring that not 3 less than eighty percent of the students who are accepted at 4 the college of medicine in the doctor of medicine program, 5 and who are accepted at the college of dentistry at the state 6 university of Iowa be residents of Iowa or persons who were, 7 prior to applying to such college, enrolled in an eligible 8 postsecondary institution as defined in section 261E.2. 9 Sec. 2. Section 263.2, Code 2025, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 263.2 Degrees reports . 12 1. A person shall not be admitted to courses of instruction 13 in the university if the person has not completed the 14 elementary instruction in such branches as are taught in the 15 public or accredited nonpublic schools throughout the state. 16 2. Graduates of the university shall receive degrees or 17 diplomas, or other evidences of distinction such as are usually 18 conferred and granted by universities and are authorized by the 19 state board of regents. 20 3. The university of Iowa, in collaboration with the 21 university hospitals and clinics, shall submit an annual report 22 to the general assembly providing the following information: 23 a. The states in which members of each graduating class 24 from the college of dentistry and the college of medicines 25 doctor of medicine program reside during the year immediately 26 following graduation. The information shall be divided by 27 residents of Iowa at the time of application to the college and 28 nonresidents at the time of application to the college. 29 b. The states in which the university of Iowa hospitals 30 and clinics primary care and specialty residents reside in the 31 year following completion of medical residency and whether 32 following residency such residents accepted fellowships. The 33 information shall be divided by primary care and various areas 34 of specialty, and whether the medical residents were residents 35 -1- LSB 1695HV (3) 91 lh/ko 1/ 2
H.F. 516 of Iowa prior to applying for admission at an undergraduate 1 college or university, received a baccalaureate degree from 2 a postsecondary institution in Iowa, or graduated from a 3 medical school in Iowa, whether or not the medical residents 4 were residents of the state at the time of acceptance into the 5 university of Iowa hospitals and clinics residency programs 6 and, if any residents accepted fellowships following residency, 7 the states in which the fellowships are offered and the areas 8 of specialty under the fellowships. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill requires the state board of regents to adopt a 13 policy requiring that not less than 80 percent of the students 14 accepted at the colleges of medicine and dentistry at the 15 university of Iowa be residents of Iowa or persons who, prior 16 to applying to the college of medicine or dentistry, were 17 enrolled in a community college in Iowa, an accredited private 18 institution in Iowa, or a regents university. 19 The bill also requires the university of Iowa, in 20 collaboration with the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics 21 (UIHC), to submit an annual report to the general assembly 22 with information relating to the residency of graduates of the 23 colleges of dentistry and medicine, and UIHC residency programs 24 and fellowships post-graduation and medical residency. The 25 annual report must include information regarding which states 26 the graduates and the medical residents moved to in the year 27 following graduation or completion of medical residency, and 28 other information as detailed in the bill. 29 -2- LSB 1695HV (3) 91 lh/ko 2/ 2