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A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379 .)

A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379 .)

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
A. MEYER and COLLINS
Last action
2025-02-13
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 379 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379 .)

A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-13 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 379 .

  2. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 5. Excused, 1. H.J. 295 .

  3. 2025-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 295 .

  4. 2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  5. 2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2025 8:00AM House Lounge.

  6. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Meyer, A., Baeth and Gehlbach. H.J. 60 .

  7. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 40 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to medical residency positions and audition clinicals for medical students and medical residency position applicants meeting certain criteria.(See HF 379 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

12

BY

A.

MEYER

and

COLLINS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

medical

residency

positions

and

audition

1

clinicals

for

medical

students

and

medical

residency

2

position

applicants

meeting

certain

criteria.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

MEDICAL

RESIDENCY

POSITIONS

AND

AUDITION

1

CLINICALS

——

MEDICAL

STUDENTS

AND

APPLICANTS

MEETING

CERTAIN

2

CRITERIA

——

ANNUAL

REPORT.

3

1.

The

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

clinics

shall

offer

4

an

interview

for

an

available

medical

residency

position

to

5

any

applicant

who

has

a

residency

specialty

in

obstetrics

and

6

gynecology,

psychiatry,

general

surgery,

emergency

medicine,

7

cardiology,

neurology,

or

primary

care

and

who

also

is

a

8

resident

of

Iowa,

attended

and

earned

an

undergraduate

degree

9

from

an

Iowa

college

or

university,

or

attended

and

earned

a

10

medical

degree

from

a

medical

school

in

Iowa.

11

2.

The

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

clinics

shall

12

provide

the

opportunity

to

a

medical

student

attending

a

13

medical

school

in

Iowa

to

participate

in

an

audition

clinical

14

in

the

medical

residency

specialty

for

which

the

medical

15

student

applies

to

allow

the

university

to

constructively

16

review

the

student

in

a

clinical

setting.

17

3.

The

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

clinics

shall

18

submit

a

report

to

the

governor

and

the

general

assembly

by

19

January

15,

annually,

regarding

the

audition

clinicals

and

20

interviews

as

specified

in

this

section

during

the

prior

21

fiscal

year.

Specifically,

the

report

shall

include

for

each

22

audition

clinical

or

interview

the

name

of

the

student’s

or

23

applicant’s

medical

school,

whether

the

student

was

offered

and

24

participated

in

an

audition

clinical,

whether

an

applicant

was

25

offered

and

participated

in

an

interview,

whether

the

applicant

26

was

accepted

for

one

of

the

residency

program

positions,

and

27

the

total

number

of

available

residency

positions

filled

by

an

28

applicant

meeting

the

criteria

under

this

section.

29

EXPLANATION

30

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

31

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

32

This

bill

requires

the

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

33

clinics

(UIHC)

to

offer

an

interview

for

an

available

medical

34

residency

position

to

any

applicant

who

has

a

residency

35

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specialty

in

obstetrics

and

gynecology,

psychiatry,

general

1

surgery,

cardiology,

neurology,

or

primary

care,

and

who

is

2

also

a

resident

of

Iowa,

attended

and

earned

an

undergraduate

3

degree

from

an

Iowa

college

or

university,

or

attended

and

4

earned

a

medical

degree

from

a

medical

school

in

Iowa.

5

The

bill

requires

the

UIHC

to

provide

an

opportunity

for

a

6

student

attending

a

medical

school

in

Iowa

to

participate

in

7

an

audition

clinical

in

the

medical

residency

specialty

the

8

student

applies

for.

9

The

UIHC

shall

submit

an

annual

report

to

the

governor

and

10

the

general

assembly

by

January

15

containing

information

11

regarding

the

audition

clinicals

and

interviews

as

detailed

in

12

the

bill.

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