Iowa HF 577: A bill for an act relating to exemptions from disciplinary action for persons licensed to practice health-related professions based on their treatment of Lyme disease or other tick-borne diseases, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 112.) Effective 3-23-17.

Bill Text

House
File
577
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
577

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HIGHER

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
154)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
providing
for
a
waiver
of
undergraduate
tuition
and
1

mandatory
fees
and
a
stipend
at
regents
institutions
for
2

Iowa
residents
who
receive
the
maximum
score
on
certain
3

standardized
tests.
4

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5

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Section
1.
Section
262.9,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1

the
following
new
subsection:
2

NEW
SUBSECTION

.
39.
Direct
the
institutions
of
higher
3

learning
governed
by
the
board
to
waive
undergraduate
tuition
4

and
mandatory
fees
for
a
resident
of
Iowa
who
receives
the
5

maximum
score
possible
on
the
college
readiness
assessment
6

administered
by
ACT,
inc.,
the
college
readiness
assessment
7

administered
by
the
college
board,
or
the
classic
learning
test
8

developed
by
classic
learning
initiatives
and
to
provide
the
9

student
with
a
stipend
of
five
thousand
dollars
per
semester.
10

The
board
may
require
that
documentation
of
the
score
be
11

provided
in
order
to
qualify
for
such
a
waiver
and
stipend.
12

A
student
must
make
satisfactory
academic
progress
toward
13

graduation
in
order
to
continue
to
receive
such
a
waiver
and
14

stipend.
The
board
may
establish
standards
for
such
progress.
15

EXPLANATION
16

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18

This
bill
requires
regents
institutions
to
waive
19

undergraduate
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
for
a
resident
of
20

Iowa
who
receives
the
maximum
score
possible
on
the
college
21

readiness
assessment
administered
by
ACT,
inc.,
the
college
22

readiness
assessment
administered
by
the
college
board,
or
23

the
classical
learning
test
developed
by
classic
learning
24

initiatives
and
to
provide
the
student
with
a
stipend
of
$5,000
25

per
semester.
The
board
may
require
that
documentation
of
the
26

score
be
provided
in
order
to
qualify
for
such
a
waiver
and
27

stipend.
A
student
must
make
satisfactory
academic
progress
28

toward
graduation
in
order
to
continue
to
receive
such
a
waiver
29

and
stipend.
30

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