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House File 2527 - Introduced
                                  HOUSE FILE 2527
                                  BY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
                                      GROWTH
                                  (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 682)
                            A BILL FOR
An Act relating to various matters under the purview of
  the state, including city and county zoning, work-based
  learning, recruitment of health care professionals,
  regulations affecting veterans and military spouses,
  insurance producer temporary licenses, and the state
  building code, and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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                            DIVISION I
              COUNTY AND CITY ZONING AND INSPECTIONS
    Section 1. Section 335.3, Code 2022, is amended by adding
 the following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A county shall not enforce an ordinance
 adopted under this section if four-fifths of the lots in the
 land area covered by the ordinance do not conform with the
 ordinance.
    Sec. 2. Section 335.30, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A county shall not require an inspection
 of a manufactured home that has been inspected according to
 requirements of the United States department of housing and
 urban development and constructed in conformance with the
 federal manufactured home construction and safety standards
 provided in 24 C.F.R. pt. 3280.
    Sec. 3. Section 414.1, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 3. A city shall not enforce an ordinance
 adopted under this section if four-fifths of the lots in the
 land area covered by the ordinance do not conform with the
 ordinance.
    Sec. 4. Section 414.28, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. A city shall not require an inspection
 of a manufactured home that has been inspected according to
 requirements of the United States department of housing and
 urban development and constructed in conformance with the
 federal manufactured home construction and safety standards
 provided in 24 C.F.R. pt. 3280.
                           DIVISION II
                       WORK-BASED LEARNING
    Sec. 5. Section 256.9, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 65. Adopt rules to establish and maintain
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 a process that requires the boards of directors of school
 districts to report to the department at least annually
 regarding student participation in work-based learning
 programs established by the board of directors of the school
 district, including registered apprenticeships, quality
 pre-apprenticeships, internships, on-the-job training,
 and projects through the Iowa clearinghouse for work-based
 learning.
    Sec. 6. Section 272.1, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
 following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 18. “Work-based learning program supervisor”
 means a person who is certified pursuant to section 272.16
 to supervise students’ opportunities and experiences related
 to workplace tours, job shadowing, rotations, mentoring,
 entrepreneurship, service learning, internships, and
 apprenticeships.
    Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 272.16 Work-based learning program
 supervisor certificates.
    1. The board of educational examiners shall adopt rules
 pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a certification system
 for work-based learning program supervisors. The rules shall
 specify rights, responsibilities, levels, and qualifications
 for the certificate. The certificate shall not require more
 than fifteen contact hours, which shall be available over the
 internet.
    2. Applicants shall be disqualified for any reason
 specified in section 272.2, subsection 14, or in rules adopted
 by the board of educational examiners.
    3. A certificate issued pursuant to this section shall
 not be considered a teacher or administrator license for any
 purpose specified by law, including the purposes specified
 under this chapter or chapter 279.
    4. The work-based learning program supervisor certificate
 established pursuant to this section shall be considered a
 professional development program.
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    Sec. 8. Section 279.61, subsection 1, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (2), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
    (2) Identify the coursework and work-based learning
 needed in grades nine through twelve to support the student’s
 postsecondary education and career options.
    Sec. 9. Section 279.61, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
 2022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) Prepare the student to successfully
 complete the free application for federal student aid.
                            DIVISION III
                 HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT
    Sec. 10. Section 261.113, subsection 2, Code 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2. Eligibility. An individual is eligible to apply to
 enter into a program agreement with the commission pursuant to
 subsection 3 if the individual is enrolled full-time in and
 receives a recommendation from the state university of Iowa
 college of medicine or Des Moines university —— osteopathic
 medical center in a curriculum leading to a doctor of medicine
 degree or a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree.
    Sec. 11. Section 261.113, subsection 3, paragraphs c and d,
 Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
    c. Complete the residency program requirement with an
 Iowa-based residency program.
    d. Within nine months of graduating from the residency
 program and receiving a permanent license in accordance with
 paragraph “b”, engage in the full-time or part-time practice
 of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery
 specializing in family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry,
 internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, or
 general surgery for a period of five consecutive years in
 the service commitment area specified under subsection 8,
 unless the loan repayment recipient receives a waiver from the
 commission to complete the years of practice required under
 the agreement in another service commitment area pursuant to
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 subsection 8.
    Sec. 12. Section 261.113, subsections 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and
 12, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
    5. Loan repayment amounts. The amount of loan repayment
 an eligible student who enters into an agreement pursuant to
 subsection 3 shall receive if in compliance with obligations
 under the agreement shall be forty thousand dollars annually
 for an eligible loan if the total loan amount equals or exceeds
 two hundred thousand dollars. Payments under this section made
 pursuant to an agreement entered into under subsection 3 may be
 made for each year of eligible practice during a period of five
 consecutive years and shall not exceed a total of two hundred
 thousand dollars. If the total amount of an eligible student’s
 eligible loan upon graduation is less than two hundred thousand
 dollars, the commission shall divide the total amount of the
 eligible student’s eligible loan by five to determine the
 annual amount of loan repayment the loan recipient is eligible
 to receive.
    7. Program agreement limitation. The commission shall not
 enter into more than twenty program agreements annually unless
 surplus funds are available. The percentage of agreements
 entered into pursuant to subsection 3 by students attending
 eligible universities shall be evenly divided. However, if
 there are fewer applicants at one eligible university, eligible
 student applicants enrolled in other eligible universities may
 be awarded the remaining agreements.
    8. Selection of service commitment area. A loan repayment
 recipient shall notify the commission of the recipient’s
 service commitment area prior to beginning practice in the area
 in accordance with subsection 3, paragraph “d”. The commission
 may waive the requirement that the loan repayment recipient
 practice in the same service commitment area for all five
 years.
    9. Rules for additional loan repayment. The commission
 shall adopt rules to provide, in addition to loan repayment
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 provided to eligible students pursuant to this section an
 agreement entered into under subsection 3, and subject to the
 availability of surplus funds, loan repayment to a physician
 who received a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic
 medicine degree from an eligible university as provided in
 subsection 2, obtained a license to practice medicine and
 surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state,
 completed the physician’s residency program requirement
 with an Iowa-based residency program, and is engaged in the
 full-time or part-time practice of medicine and surgery or
 osteopathic medicine and surgery as specified specializing
 in a practice area listed in subsection 3, paragraph “d”, in
 a service commitment area for a period of five consecutive
 years. The amount of loan repayment provided to a physician
 pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the same
 limitations applicable to an eligible student under subsection
 5. The total amount of a physician’s eligible loans shall
 be established as of the date the physician applies for loan
 repayment pursuant to this subsection.
    10. Part-time practice —— agreement amended. A person who
 entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection 3 may apply
 to the commission to amend the agreement to allow the person
 to engage in less than the full-time a part-time practice
 specified in the agreement and under subsection 3, paragraph
 “d”. The For agreements entered into pursuant to subsection
 3 prior to July 1, 2022, the commission and the person may
 consent to amend the agreement under which the person shall
 engage in less than full-time the part-time practice of
 medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery
 specializing in family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry,
 internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, or
 general surgery in a service commitment area, for an extended
 period of part-time practice determined by the commission to
 be proportional to the amount of full-time practice remaining
 under the original agreement. For purposes of this subsection,
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 “less than the full-time practice” means at least seventy
 percent of a forty-hour workweek.
    12. Trust fund established. A rural Iowa primary care
 trust fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund
 under the control of the commission. The commission shall
 remit all repayments made pursuant to this section to the
 rural Iowa primary care trust fund. All moneys deposited or
 paid into the trust fund are appropriated and made available
 to the commission to be used for meeting the requirements
 of this section. Moneys in the fund up to the total amount
 that an eligible student or a physician may receive for
 an eligible loan in accordance with this section and upon
 fulfilling the requirements of subsection 3 or subsection 9, as
 applicable, shall be considered encumbered for the duration of
 the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 eligible
 student’s or physician’s obligation under subsection 3 or
 subsection 9, as applicable. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any
 balance in the fund on June 30 of each fiscal year shall not
 revert to the general fund of the state, but shall be available
 for purposes of this section in subsequent fiscal years.
    Sec. 13. Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (6), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
    (6) Any period of temporary medical incapacity during which
 the person obligated is unable, due to a medical condition, to
 engage in full-time or part-time practice as required under
 subsection 3, paragraph “d”.
    Sec. 14. Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph b, Code
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
    b. Except for a postponement under paragraph “a”,
 subparagraph (6), an obligation to engage in practice under
 an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3, shall
 not be postponed for more than two years from the time the
 full-time or part-time practice was to have commenced under the
 agreement.
    Sec. 15. Section 261.113, subsection 11, paragraph c,
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 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
    An obligation to engage in full-time or part-time practice
 under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection 3 shall
 be considered satisfied when any of the following conditions
 are met:
    Sec. 16. Section 261.113, subsection 13, Code 2022, is
 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
    NEW PARAGRAPH. 0c. “Part-time practice” means at least
 seventy percent of a forty-hour workweek.
    Sec. 17. Section 261.115, subsection 5, paragraphs a and c,
 Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
    a. “Eligible institution” means an institution of higher
 learning governed by the state board of regents, a community
 college established under chapter 260C, or an accredited
 private institution as defined in section 261.9.
    c. “Health care professional” means an advanced registered
 nurse practitioner, athletic trainer, occupational therapist,
 physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, registered nurse,
 or physical therapist who is licensed, accredited, registered,
 or certified to perform specified health care services
 consistent with state law.
    Sec. 18. Section 261.116, Code 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
    261.116 Health care loan repayment award program.
    1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, unless the
 context otherwise requires:
    a. “Advanced registered nurse practitioner” means a person
 licensed as a registered nurse under chapter 152 or 152E who
 is licensed by the board of nursing as an advanced registered
 nurse practitioner.
    b. “Nurse educator” means a registered nurse who holds
 a master’s degree or doctorate degree and is employed by a
 community college, an accredited private institution, or an
 institution of higher education governed by the state board
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 of regents as a faculty member to teach nursing at a nursing
 education program approved by the board of nursing pursuant to
 section 152.5.
    c. “Physician assistant” means a person licensed as a
 physician assistant under chapter 148C.
    d. “Qualified student loan” means a loan that was made,
 insured, or guaranteed under Tit. IV of the federal Higher
 Education Act of 1965, as amended, or under Tit. VII or VIII
 of the federal Public Health Service Act, as amended, directly
 to the borrower for attendance at an approved postsecondary
 educational institution.
    e. d. “Service commitment area” means a city in Iowa with
 a population of less than twenty-six thousand that is located
 more than twenty miles from a city with a population of fifty
 thousand or more.
    2. Program established. A health care loan repayment award
 program is established to be administered by the commission for
 purposes of repaying the qualified student loans of providing
 financial awards to registered nurses, advanced registered
 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurse educators
 who practice full-time in a service commitment area or teach
 full-time or part-time in this state, as appropriate, and who
 are selected for the program in accordance with this section.
 An applicant who is a member of the Iowa national guard is
 exempt from the service commitment area requirement, but shall
 submit an affidavit verifying the