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Amendments to Senate Bill 951 debated: committee hears bid to void many medical noncompetes and tighten MSO rules
Summary
Rep. Ben Bowman and Sen. Anthony Broadman presented dash‑3 amendments to House Bill 34 10 to align and strengthen a recently passed Senate bill on medical practice ownership and to tightly limit enforceable noncompetition agreements for health care providers. Business groups warned about retroactivity and contract‑law concerns.
The House Rules Committee examined dash‑3 amendments to House Bill 34 10 on May 29 that would modify parts of Senate Bill 951 and add provisions voiding or tightly limiting many noncompetition agreements used by medical practices.
Representative Ben Bowman, sponsor of the amendment, said the combined package narrows exceptions and provides a pathway for practices to recoup recruitment costs while largely prohibiting broad noncompete clauses. Bowman told the committee the amendment lowers the threshold for a physician‑owner…
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