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House
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2288
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2288
BY
SMITH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
vaccination
exemptions
for
certain
students
1
in
clinical
rotations
and
the
qualification
of
postsecondary
2
schools
as
eligible
institutions
for
Iowa
tuition
grants.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
139A.8C
Vaccination
requirements
——
1
clinical
rotations.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
3
requires:
4
a.
“Clinical
rotation”
means
a
period
of
training
completed
5
for
academic
credit
by
a
student
in
a
medical,
nursing,
or
6
other
health
care-related
degree
that
is
supervised
by
a
health
7
care
professional
in
a
facility.
For
the
purposes
of
this
8
paragraph,
“facility”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
9
514J.102.
10
b.
“Postsecondary
school”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
11
section
139A.8B.
12
2.
a.
A
postsecondary
school
offering
a
degree
program
13
requiring
a
clinical
rotation
shall,
upon
request
of
a
student
14
enrolled
in
the
degree
program,
identify
a
clinical
rotation
15
placement
where
the
student
will
be
permitted
an
exemption
from
16
any
vaccination
requirements
imposed
by
the
placement
location
17
during
the
duration
of
the
student’s
clinical
rotation.
18
b.
A
postsecondary
school
not
in
compliance
with
paragraph
19
“a”
shall
not
qualify
as
an
eligible
institution
for
the
20
purposes
of
Iowa
tuition
grants
under
section
256.191.
21
Sec.
2.
Section
256.183,
subsection
3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
22
to
read
as
follows:
23
3.
“Eligible
institution”
means
an
institution
of
higher
24
learning
located
in
Iowa
which
is
operated
privately
and
25
not
controlled
or
administered
by
any
state
agency
or
any
26
subdivision
of
the
state,
which
is
not
exempt
from
taxation
27
under
section
501(c)(3)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code,
and
which
28
meets
all
of
the
criteria
in
subsection
1
,
paragraphs
“d”
29
through
“k”
,
and
or
is
a
school
of
barbering
and
cosmetology
30
arts
and
sciences
licensed
under
chapter
157
and
is
accredited
31
by
a
national
accrediting
agency
recognized
by
the
United
32
States
department
of
education.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
33
July
1,
2017,
such
a
school
of
barbering
and
cosmetology
arts
34
and
sciences
shall
provide
a
matching
aggregate
amount
of
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institutional
financial
aid
equal
to
at
least
seventy-five
1
percent
of
the
amount
received
by
the
institution’s
students
2
for
Iowa
tuition
grant
assistance
under
section
256.191
.
For
3
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2018,
the
school
of
barbering
4
and
cosmetology
arts
and
sciences
shall
provide
a
matching
5
aggregate
amount
of
institutional
financial
aid
equal
to
at
6
least
eighty-five
percent
of
the
amount
received
in
that
fiscal
7
year.
Commencing
with
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
8
and
each
succeeding
fiscal
year,
the
matching
aggregate
amount
9
of
institutional
financial
aid
shall
be
at
least
equal
to
the
10
match
provided
by
eligible
institutions
under
section
261.9,
11
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“a”
,
Code
2023.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
vaccination
exemptions
for
certain
16
students
in
clinical
rotations
and
the
qualification
for
17
postsecondary
schools
as
eligible
institutions
for
Iowa
tuition
18
grants.
19
The
bill
defines
“clinical
rotation”
(rotation)
as
a
period
20
of
training
completed
for
academic
credit
by
a
student
in
a
21
medical,
nursing,
or
other
health
care-related
degree
that
is
22
supervised
by
a
health
care
professional
in
a
facility.
The
23
bill
also
defines
“postsecondary
school”
and
“facility”.
24
The
bill
requires
a
postsecondary
school
offering
a
25
degree
program
requiring
a
rotation
to,
upon
request
of
a
26
student
enrolled
in
the
degree
program,
identify
a
rotation
27
placement
where
the
student
will
be
exempt
from
any
vaccination
28
requirements
imposed
by
the
placement
during
the
duration
of
29
the
rotation.
Under
the
bill,
a
postsecondary
school
that
30
fails
to
comply
does
not
qualify
as
an
eligible
institution
31
for
purposes
of
Iowa
tuition
grants.
The
bill
amends
the
32
definition
of
eligible
institution
under
Code
section
256.183.
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