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Expanding the health care professional recruitment program
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: HF 2463
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill expands the health care professional recruitment program to include health professionals who graduate from and are recruited by eligible institutions 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.
Read the full explanation
The bill adds that the health care professionals must have graduated from an academic program that leads to licensure. “Eligible institution” is defined in the bill as a regents university or accredited private institution. “Health care professional” is defined in statute to mean a physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or physical therapist.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2020. On February 11, 2020 it recommended passage.
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Similar bills
- HF 196 Expanding the health care professional recruitment program89th General Assembly · Signed by GovernorNearly identical
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