Bills › 91st General Assembly
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
Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee, Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R), Rep. Ann Meyer (R)
Topics:Health careHigher education
Same legislation: HF 137
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 12, 202567–28
- Done: Senate committeeApril 7, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 14, 202534–11
- Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawJune 11, 2025
Signed into law What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The state board of regents would require the University of Iowa's colleges of medicine and dentistry to accept a certain percentage of students who are Iowa residents or former students of Iowa colleges. Additionally, the university and its hospitals must send a yearly report to the state legislature about where their graduates and medical residents move after finishing their programs.1
Read the official explanation
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. The annual report must include information regarding which states the graduates and the medical residents moved to in the year following graduation or completion of medical residency, and other information as detailed in the bill.
Changed since by amendments S-3069, H-1051; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 19, 2025. On March 25, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill requires the University of Iowa College of Medicine and College of Dentistry to ensure at least 80.0% of admitted students are Iowa residents or former Iowa students. This change is estimated to reduce revenues for the University of Iowa Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry by $529,000 in fiscal year 2027, $1.1 million in fiscal year 2028, $1.7 million in fiscal year 2029, and $2.3 million in fiscal year 2030.3
From the note: 3 million in FY 2030. Figure 1 shows estimated tuition revenue decreases.
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
2 for · 0 against · 20 undecided · Who →
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 468 Establishing requirements relating to the residency of persons accepted for admission to t…89th General Assembly · Passed House · similarPassed a chamber
Matched by wording or an identical title.