Politics Notebook | Iowa House approves bill requires 80 percent of UI College of medicine, dentistry students be Iowa residents - The Daily Iowan

Politics Notebook | Iowa House approves bill requires 80 percent of UI College of medicine, dentistry students be Iowa residents - The Daily Iowan

Iowa House lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would require 80 percent of students at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and College of Dentistry be Iowa residents or to have attended undergrad in the state. The bill, House File 516, was approved mostly on party lines and now heads to the governor for her signature before becoming law. The bill also requires University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to give Iowa resident…

Lawmakers pass bill creating residency requirement for UI med school enrollment

Eight of 10 medical or dental students enrolled at University of Iowa would need to be Iowa residents or meet related requirements under legislation sent Tuesday to the governor's desk. (Photo via Getty Images)Lawmakers sent bills to the governor’s desk Tuesday creating residency requirements for the University of Iowa medical and dental schools and a scholarship program for Iowa National Guard members, as well as advancing separate bills dealin…