HF 516: Relating to medical residency and fellowship positions, including priority for admission to the university of Iowa’s colleges of medicine and dentistry, and hospitals and clinics

What it does

This bill requires the state board of regents to adopt a policy requiring that not less than percent of the students accepted at the colleges of medicine and dentistry at the university of Iowa be residents of Iowa or persons who, prior to applying to the college of medicine or dentistry, were enrolled in a community college in Iowa, an accredited private institution in Iowa, or a regents university. The bill also requires the university of Iowa, in collaboration with the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics (UIHC), to submit an annual report to the general assembly with information relating to the residency of graduates of the colleges of dentistry and medicine, and UIHC residency programs and fellowships post-graduation and medical residency.

Senate subcommittee · named March 19, 2025

• Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Independent Physician Group; MercyOne

In plain words

1. February 20, 2025Filed in the House
2. March 10, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
3. March 12, 2025Passed the House, 67–28
4. March 13, 2025Arrived in the Senate
5. March 19, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Rowley and Trone Garriott
6. March 25, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
7. April 3, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
8. April 7, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
9. April 14, 2025Passed the Senate, 34–11
10. April 22, 2025Passed the House, 61–30
11. May 19, 2025Sent to the Governor
12. June 11, 2025Signed into law
13. June 11, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted