Bill Text: IA HF565 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a first responders loan repayment program and fund and making an appropriation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Sponsor withdrawn, Shipley. H.J. 513. [HF565 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF565-Introduced.html
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BY
STECKMAN
,
BRECKENRIDGE
,
OURTH
,
GASKILL
,
STAED
,
KURTH
,
DONAHUE
,
COHOON
,
FORBES
,
GAINES
,
McCONKEY
,
KURTZ
,
BENNETT
,
WOLFE
,
MAXWELL
,
BEARINGER
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
R.
SMITH
,
and
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
first
responders
loan
repayment
program
1
and
fund
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.2,
subsection
8,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
8.
Submit
by
January
15
annually
a
report
to
the
general
3
assembly
which
provides,
by
program,
the
number
of
individuals
4
who
received
loan
forgiveness
or
loan
repayment
in
the
previous
5
fiscal
year,
the
amounts
paid
to
or
on
behalf
of
individuals
6
under
sections
261.73
,
261.112
,
and
261.116
,
and
261.117,
and
7
the
institutions
from
which
individuals
graduated,
and
that
8
includes
any
proposed
statutory
changes
and
the
commission’s
9
findings
and
recommendations.
10
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
261.117
First
responder
loan
repayment
11
program.
12
1.
Definitions.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
unless
the
13
context
otherwise
requires:
14
a.
“Commission”
means
the
college
student
aid
commission.
15
b.
“First
responder”
means
a
resident
of
Iowa
who
is
16
employed
part-time
or
full-time
in
a
service
commitment
area
as
17
an
emergency
medical
technician
or
advanced
emergency
medical
18
technician
and
who
has
met
the
requirements
for
an
emergency
19
medical
care
provider
certificate
pursuant
to
section
147A.6
or
20
as
a
fire
fighter
certified
in
accordance
with
chapter
100B.
21
c.
“Qualified
student
loan”
means
a
loan
that
was
made,
22
insured,
or
guaranteed
under
Tit.
IV
of
the
federal
Higher
23
Education
Act
of
1965,
as
amended,
or
under
Tit.
VII
or
VIII
24
of
the
federal
Public
Health
Service
Act,
as
amended,
directly
25
to
the
borrower
for
attendance
at
an
approved
postsecondary
26
educational
institution.
27
d.
“Service
commitment
area”
means
a
city
in
Iowa
with
a
28
population
of
less
than
thirty
thousand
that
is
located
more
29
than
twenty
miles
from
a
city
with
a
population
of
fifty
30
thousand
or
more.
31
2.
Program
established.
A
first
responder
loan
repayment
32
program
is
established
to
be
administered
by
the
commission
33
for
purposes
of
repaying
the
qualified
student
loans
of
34
first
responders
living
and
working
in
Iowa
who
graduated
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from
a
community
college
established
under
chapter
260C,
an
1
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
2
of
regents,
or
an
accredited
private
institution
as
defined
3
in
section
261.9,
with
an
emergency
medical
care-related
4
certificate
or
degree
or
a
fire
science-related
certificate
or
5
degree.
6
3.
Application
requirements.
Each
applicant
for
loan
7
repayment
shall,
in
accordance
with
the
rules
of
the
8
commission,
do
all
of
the
following:
9
a.
Complete
and
file
an
application
for
loan
repayment.
10
The
individual
shall
be
responsible
for
the
prompt
submission
11
of
any
information
required
by
the
commission,
including
an
12
affidavit
of
Iowa
residency
and
employment
as
a
first
responder
13
in
a
service
commitment
area.
14
b.
File
a
new
application
and
submit
information
as
15
required
by
the
commission
annually
on
the
basis
of
which
the
16
applicant’s
eligibility
for
the
renewed
loan
repayment
will
be
17
evaluated
and
determined.
18
4.
Loan
repayment
amounts.
The
annual
amount
of
loan
19
repayment
provided
to
a
recipient
under
this
section
shall
20
not
exceed
four
thousand
dollars,
or
twenty
percent
of
the
21
recipient’s
total
qualified
student
loan,
whichever
amount
is
22
less.
A
recipient
is
eligible
for
the
loan
repayment
program
23
for
not
more
than
five
consecutive
years.
24
5.
Selection
criteria.
The
commission
shall
establish
25
by
rule
the
evaluation
criteria
to
be
used
in
evaluating
26
applications
submitted
under
this
section.
27
6.
First
responder
loan
repayment
fund.
A
first
responder
28
loan
repayment
fund
is
created
for
deposit
of
moneys
29
appropriated
to
or
received
by
the
commission
for
use
under
30
the
program.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
deposited
31
in
the
first
responder
loan
repayment
fund
shall
not
revert
to
32
any
fund
of
the
state
at
the
end
of
any
fiscal
year
but
shall
33
remain
in
the
loan
repayment
fund
and
be
continuously
available
34
for
loan
repayment
under
the
program.
Notwithstanding
section
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12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
1
in
the
first
responder
loan
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
2
7.
Rules.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
3
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
4
Sec.
3.
FIRST
RESPONDER
LOAN
REPAYMENT
FUND
APPROPRIATION
5
——
FY
2019-2020.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
6
of
the
state
to
the
college
student
aid
commission
for
the
7
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020,
8
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
9
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
10
For
deposit
in
the
first
responder
loan
repayment
fund,
as
11
enacted
by
this
Act:
12
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EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
establishes
a
first
responder
loan
repayment
17
program
and
fund
and
appropriates
$400,000
from
the
general
18
fund
of
the
state
for
FY
2019-2020
to
the
college
student
aid
19
commission
for
deposit
in
the
first
responder
loan
repayment
20
fund.
21
The
program
is
to
be
administered
by
the
commission
for
22
purposes
of
repaying
the
qualified
student
loans
of
residents
23
who
are
working
as
first
responders
in
service
commitment
24
areas
in
Iowa
and
who
graduated
from
a
community
college,
a
25
regents
university,
or
an
accredited
private
institution
with
26
an
emergency
medical
care-related
certificate
or
degree
or
a
27
fire
science-related
certificate
or
degree.
28
“First
responder”
is
defined
to
mean
an
Iowan
who
is
employed
29
part-time
or
full-time
in
a
service
commitment
area
as
an
30
emergency
medical
technician
or
advanced
emergency
medical
31
technician
and
who
has
met
the
requirements
for
an
emergency
32
medical
care
provider
certificate
pursuant
to
Code
section
33
147A.6,
or
as
a
fire
fighter
certified
in
accordance
with
Code
34
chapter
100B.
“Service
commitment
area”
means
a
city
in
Iowa
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with
a
population
of
less
than
30,000
that
is
located
more
than
1
20
miles
from
a
city
with
a
population
of
50,000
or
more.
2
The
annual
amount
of
loan
repayment
is
limited
to
not
more
3
than
$4,000
or
20
percent
of
the
recipient’s
total
qualified
4
student
loan,
whichever
amount
is
less.
A
recipient
is
5
eligible
for
loan
repayment
for
not
more
than
five
consecutive
6
years.
7
Moneys
in
the
loan
repayment
program
carryover
to
be
8
available
for
the
program
in
future
years
and
interest
or
9
earnings
on
the
moneys
are
credited
to
the
fund.
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