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House resolution seeks study of noncompete clauses in health care to assess workforce impacts
Summary
House Resolution 592 would establish a study committee to examine noncompete agreements in hospitals and medical practices and how they affect access to care and workforce stability; the committee advanced unanimously.
House Resolution 592, sponsored by Representative Mark Newton, would create a study committee to review the use of noncompete agreements in health care and recommend policy options to balance workforce recruitment and patient continuity.
Newton described circumstances in emergency medicine when contractual changes required staff to move, sometimes long distances, and said the committee would study exemptions, lengths and geographic limits of noncompete clauses. “What is the right amount of a…
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