Relating to a state-funded psychiatry residency program at various state institutions, creating a program fund, and making appropriations

This bill requires the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics (UIHC) to administer a state-funded psychiatry residency program in cooperation with the state mental health institutes at Independence and Cherokee, the state resource centers at Glenwood and Woodward, the state training school at Eldora, and the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. The UIHC shall expand the psychiatry residency program to provide additional residency positions in excess of those approved under the federal residency cap. Participating residents shall complete a portion of their psychiatry training at one of the state institutions specified. However, if accreditation-required clinical experiences are not available at one of the state institutions, the program and residents may utilize clinical rotations at the UIHC or its affiliates across the state. The program shall award residency positions for each class of residents and preference in the awarding of residency positions shall be given to candidates who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa. The bill creates a psychiatry residency program fund in the state treasury consisting of the moneys appropriated or credited to the fund by law. Moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain in the fund for use in subsequent fiscal years. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the UIHC to be used for the purposes of the program. The bill makes appropriations for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2023, and thereafter.