accounts. 1. a. A health care workforce support initiative is established to provide for the coordination and support of various efforts to address the health care workforce shortage in this state. This initiative shall include the medical residency training state matching grants program created in section 135.176, the nurse residency state matching grants program created insection 135.178, and the fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program created in section 135.179. b. A health care workforce shortage fund iscreated in the state treasuryas aseparate fund under the control of the department, in cooperation with the entities identified in thissection as having control over the accounts within the fund. The fund and the accounts within the fund shall be controlled and managed in a manner consistent with the principles specified and the strategic plan developed pursuant to section 135.163. 2. The fund and the accounts within the fund shall consist of moneys appropriated from the general fund of the state for the purposes of the fund or the accounts within the fund; moneys received from the federal government for the purposes of addressing the health care workforce shortage; contributions, grants, and other moneys from communities and health care employers; and moneys from any other public or private source available. 3. The department and any entity identified in this section as having control over any of the accounts within the fund, may receive contributions, grants, and in-kind contributions to 59 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — PUBLIC HEALTH, §135.175 supportthe purposes of the fundand the accounts within the fund. Not more than fivepercent ofthe moneys allocated toany account within the fund may be used for administrative costs. 4. The fund and the accounts within the fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state. The moneys in the fund and the accounts within the fund shall not be considered revenue of the state, but rather shall be moneys of the fund or the accounts. The moneys inthe fund and the accounts within the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except to provide for the purposes of this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund and the accounts within the fund. 5. The fund shall consist of the following accounts: a. The medical residency training account. The medical residency training account shall be under the control of the department and the moneys in the account shall be used for the purposes of the medical residency training state matching grants program as specified in section 135.176. Moneys in the account shall consist of moneys appropriated or allocated for deposit in or received by the fund or the account and specifically dedicated to the medical residency training state matching grants program or account for the purposes of such account. b. The nurse residency state matching grants program account. The nurse residency state matching grants program account shall be under the control of the department and the moneys in the account shall be used for the purposes of the nurse residency state matching grants program as specified in section 135.178. Moneys in the account shall consist of moneys appropriated or allocated for deposit in or received by the fund or the account and specifically dedicated to the nurse residency state matching grants program account for the purposes of such account. c. The health care workforce shortage national initiatives account. The health care workforce shortage national initiatives account shall be under the control of the state entity identified for receipt of the federal funds by the federal government entity through which the federal funding is available for a specified health care workforce shortage initiative. Moneys inthe account shall consist of moneys appropriated or allocated for deposit in or received by the fund or the account and specifically dedicated to health care workforce shortage national initiatives or the account and for a specified health care workforce shortage initiative. d. The fulfillingIowa’s need for dentists matching grant program account. The fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program account shall be under the control of the department and the moneys in the account shall be used for the purposes of the fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program as specified in section 135.179. Moneys in the account shall consist of moneys appropriated or allocated for deposit in the account or received by the fund or the account and specifically dedicated to the fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program account for the purposes of such account. 6. a. Moneys in the fund and the accounts in the fund shall only be appropriated in a manner consistent with the principles specified and the strategic plan developed pursuant tosection 135.163 to support the medical residency training state matching grants program, the nurse residency state matching grants program, the fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program, and to provide funding for state health care workforce shortage programs as provided in this section. b. State programs that may receive funding from the fund and the accounts in the fund, ifspecifically designated for the purpose of drawing down federal funding, are the primary care recruitment and retention endeavor (PRIMECARRE), the Iowa affiliateof the national rural recruitment and retention network, the dental program ofthe department, the primary care office and shortage designation program, and the state office of rural health of the department; any entity identified by the federal government entity through which federal funding for a specified health care workforce shortage initiative is received; and a program developed in accordance with the strategic plan developed by the department in accordance with section 135.163. c. Any federal funding received for the purposes of addressing state health care workforce shortages shall be deposited in the health care workforce shortage national §135.175, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — PUBLIC HEALTH 60 initiatives account, unless otherwise specified by the source of the funds, and shall be used as required by the source of the funds. If use of the federal funding is not designated, the funds shall be used in accordance with the strategic plan developed by the department in accordance with section 135.163, or to address workforce shortages as otherwise designated by the department. Other sources of funding shall be deposited in the fund or account and used as specified by the source of the funding. 7. No more than fivepercent of the moneys in any of the accounts within the fund shall be used for administrative purposes, unless otherwise provided by the appropriation, allocation, or source of the funds. 8. The department, in cooperation with the entities identified in this section as having control over any of the accounts within the fund, shall submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the status of the health care workforce support initiative, including the balance remaining in and appropriations from the health care workforce shortage fund and the accounts within the fund. §17, 18; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §111 – 113; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §156 Forfuturerepealofthissectioneffectiveuponthedatethedepartmentofhealthandhumanservicesnotifiesthegeneralassemblyand theCodeeditorofthereceiptoffederalapprovalforaMedicaidsupplementalenhancedpaymentforthepurposesofmaximizingfederal fundingopportunitiesforgraduatemedicaleducationandtoincreasethenumberofmedicalresidenciesinthestate,see2025Acts,ch120, §17,21
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