HF147 • 2026

A bill for an act requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to give priority to certain Iowa residents in awarding certain residencies and fellowships and to include rural rotations in certain residencies and fellowships.(See HF 301 .)

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: A. MEYER
Last action: 2025-02-10
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 301 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to give priority to certain Iowa residents in awarding certain residencies and fellowships and to include rural rotations in certain residencies and fellowships.(See HF 301 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to give priority to certain Iowa residents in awarding certain residencies and fellowships and to include rural rotations in certain residencies and fellowships.(See HF 301 .)

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Bill History

2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 301 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 18. Nays, 2. Excused, 1. H.J. 281 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 281 .
2025-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/05/2025 8:30AM House Lounge.
2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Wood, Jeneary and Turek. H.J. 140 .
2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 138 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act requiring the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to give priority to certain Iowa residents in awarding certain residencies and fellowships and to include rural rotations in certain residencies and fellowships.(See HF 301 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

147

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

147

BY

A.

MEYER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

requiring

the

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

clinics

1

to

give

priority

to

certain

Iowa

residents

in

awarding

2

certain

residencies

and

fellowships

and

to

include

rural

3

rotations

in

certain

residencies

and

fellowships.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

263.6

Residency

and

fellowship

1

positions

——

priority

for

certain

candidates

——

rural

rotations.

2

The

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

clinics

shall

give

3

priority

in

awarding

federal

residency

positions

as

established

4

under

the

federal

Balanced

Budget

Act

of

1997,

Pub.

L.

No.

5

105-33,

and

fellowships

to

applicants

who

are

residents

of

6

Iowa,

attended

and

earned

an

undergraduate

degree

from

an

7

Iowa

college

or

university,

or

attended

and

earned

a

medical

8

degree

from

a

medical

school

in

Iowa.

The

university

of

Iowa

9

hospitals

and

clinics

shall

also

provide

the

opportunity

to

10

participate

in

a

rural

rotation

to

persons

to

whom

a

primary

11

care

residency

or

fellowship

position,

including

such

positions

12

in

psychiatry,

is

awarded

in

order

to

expose

the

resident

or

13

fellow

to

rural

areas

of

the

state.

14

EXPLANATION

15

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

16

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

17

This

bill

requires

the

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

18

clinics

to

give

priority

in

awarding

federal

residency

19

positions

as

established

under

the

federal

Balanced

Budget

20

Act

of

1997

and

fellowships

to

applicants

who

are

residents

21

of

Iowa,

attended

and

earned

an

undergraduate

degree

from

an

22

Iowa

college

or

university,

or

attended

and

earned

a

medical

23

degree

from

a

medical

school

in

Iowa.

The

bill

also

requires

24

the

university

of

Iowa

hospitals

and

clinics

to

provide

the

25

opportunity

to

participate

in

a

rural

rotation

to

persons

to

26

whom

a

primary

care

residency

or

fellowship

position,

including

27

such

positions

in

psychiatry,

is

awarded

in

order

to

expose

the

28

resident

or

fellow

to

rural

areas

of

Iowa.

29

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