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Relating to the reimbursement of resident physician medical liability insurance premiums to certain hospitals and affiliated nonprofit organizations
Sponsored by the House Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 3, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 852
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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What’s in it
AI summary Hospitals and certain nonprofit organizations with resident physician programs can ask the state for money to help pay for their doctors' medical liability insurance. This program would not apply to state-run hospitals. The department of public health will create the rules for how this reimbursement works.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the reimbursement of resident physicians medical liability insurance premiums to certain hospitals and affiliated nonprofit organizations. The bill provides that a private or public hospital or an affiliated nonprofit organization that has a resident physician program may apply to the department of public health to be reimbursed for the cost of the medical liability insurance premiums attributed to an employed resident physician, licensed pursuant to Code section 148.5, of the hospital or affiliated nonprofit organization. The department of public health may adopt rules to implement and administer the bill. The bill does not apply to hospitals to which Code chapter 669 (state tort claims) applies.
Changed since by amendment H-1363; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named March 10, 2021. On March 18, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill allows medical residency programs to use grant funds to cover liability costs, provided the program sponsors match the funds dollar-for-dollar. The bill does not create a fiscal impact on the state because the amount of money appropriated for the program is not changed.3
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Description
House File 852 expands the Medical Residency Training Program (the Program) established in Iowa Code section 135.176 to include medical residency liability costs as an applicable use for grant funds subject to the provision that the residency sponsor provide matching funds dollar-for-dollar. The strike after amendment adopted by the House does not specifically limit liability costs to insurance premiums. The Bill excludes residency programs affiliated with patients or inmates of State institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services or the Iowa Department of Corrections, or employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Bill also states that this expansion of the Program shall begin July 1, 2021, and end June 30, 2026.
Background
With the exception of FY 2018, wherein it was temporarily suspended, the Medical Residency Training Program has received an appropriation for $2.0 million each year since its inception in FY 2014. The cost of the program is limited by the amount appropriated each year.
Fiscal Impact
House File 852 does not create a fiscal impact on the State as the Program’s appropriated funding amount is not modified by HF 852.
Source
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Medical Residents, State Tort Claims Act · April 20, 2021
- Medical Residents, State Tort Claims Act · March 29, 2021
- Medical Residents, State Tort Claims Act · March 24, 2021
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