Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the health care professional recruitment program
Topics:K–12 educationHealth care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill expands the health care professional recruitment program to include health professionals who graduate from and are recruited by briar cliff university to practice in an eligible rural community in this state that matches state funds for educational loan repayment for the health care professional. Currently, only health care professionals who graduate from Des Moines university —— osteopathic medical center are eligible for the program. The bill adds that the health care professionals must have graduated from an academic program that leads to licensure. “Health care professional” is defined in statute to mean a physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or physical therapist.
House subcommittee
Named January 27, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part