HB 1115 Indiana House · 2020 Regular Session

Physician noncompete agreements.

Summary
Requires an enforceable physician noncompete agreement to contain the following provisions: (1) A provision that requires the employer of the physician to provide the physician with a copy of any notice: (A) concerning the physician's departure; and (B) sent to any patient seen or treated by the departing physician during the two year period preceding the termination of the physician's employment or expiration of the departing physician's contract, as applicable. (2) A provision that requires the physician's employer to, in good faith, provide current or last known contact and location information to a patient seen or treated by the physician during the two year period preceding the termination of the physician's employment or expiration of the physician's contract. (3) A provision that provides the physician whose employment has terminated or whose contract has expired with the option to purchase a complete and final release from the terms of an enforceable noncompete agreement at a reasonable price. (4) A provision that prohibits medical records from being provided to the physician in a format that differs from the format used to create or store the medical record during the routine and ordinary course of business. Allows the person or entity responsible for copying or transferring a medical record to charge a reasonable fee for the service.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Last action Feb 17, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 3, 2020

How they voted

870
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 92
Feb 3, 2020
D Democratic31
30 Yea 1
96% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican60
56 Yea 4
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Feb 3, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (87-0-5)
house
Jan 30, 2020
Amended
Amendment #1 (Chyung) failed; Roll Call 144: yeas 28, nays 63
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Reassigned to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
lower
4 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors