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Relating to postsecondary schools and COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for clinical students
Sponsored by Rep. Dr. Steven P. Bradley (R), Rep. Dean Fisher (R)
Topics:Health careHigher education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Colleges that offer degree programs with clinical rotations must find a placement for students who request an exemption from COVID-19 vaccine requirements. If a school refuses to help a student find such a placement, they could lose their eligibility for the Iowa tuition grant program. This rule affects both students in medical or clinical programs and the schools that teach them.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to postsecondary schools and COVID-19 vaccine exemptions for certain clinical students. The bill requires a postsecondary school that offers a degree program that requires a clinical rotation to, upon request of a student enrolled in the degree program, identify a clinical rotation placement where the student will be exempt from any COVID-19 vaccine requirement imposed by the placement location. If a postsecondary school fails to comply with the bill, the postsecondary school shall not qualify as an eligible institution for the purpose of the Iowa tuition grant program. Under the program, tuition grants are awarded to Iowa residents enrolled at eligible institutions.
House subcommittee
Named January 15, 2025. On January 23, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
14 written public comments to its subcommittee: January 23, 2025 (14) · on the Legislature’s site