Relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, and certain medical residency and fellowship position applicants

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 14, 2025
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 11, 2025
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics (UIHC) to offer an interview for an available medical residency position to any applicant who has a residency specialty in obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, neurology, or primary care, or an available cardiology fellowship position to any applicant who has a fellowship specialty in cardiology, and who is also a resident 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 UIHC shall annually submit a report to the governor and the general assembly by January containing information regarding the interviews as detailed in the bill.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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