Revise laws that prohibit contracts that restrict practice of health care providers

Added naturopathic physicians to the list of healthcare providers protected from restrictive employment contracts.

Corrected and standardized the listing of licensed professionals (e.g., changing 'addiction medicine PSYCHIATRIST' to 'psychiatrist or addiction medicine psychiatrist') to ensure all covered roles are clearly defined.

Removed capitalized text indicating deletions and insertions, resulting in a clean, final version of the statute.

Changed the bill status from a draft version (HB0198.3) to an enrolled bill (HB 198), indicating it has passed both legislative chambers and is ready for the governor's signature.

The bill number was changed from HB 198 to HB0198.3, and the title was updated to include a period after the number.

The text was reformatted with new line numbers and standardized capitalization for section headers and specific terms like 'PSYCHIATRIST' and 'NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN'.

Minor punctuation and spacing adjustments were made throughout the document, including adding periods after chapter numbers in the list of eligible providers.

Removed the requirement that restrictions must be limited to a specific geographic area or time period, making any post-employment restriction on these providers unenforceable.

Added naturopathic physicians to the list of healthcare providers protected from restrictive contracts.

Corrected chapter numbers and formatting for various licensed professions, such as social workers and addiction counselors, to ensure accurate application of the law.

Formalized the effective and applicability dates to ensure immediate enforcement upon passage.

Added naturopathic physicians licensed under Title 37, chapter 26 to the list of eligible professionals.

Renumbered the list items from (c)(D) through (g)(H) to (d)(E) through (h)(I) to accommodate the new entry.

The list of eligible health care providers subject to non-compete restrictions was reordered, changing the sequence in which professions like psychiatrists, psychologists, naturopathic physicians, and others are listed in the statute.

Added sub-items (f) through (i) to the list of eligible licensed professionals, formally including marriage and family therapists, behavioral health peer support specialists, nurses, and physician assistants in the bill's provisions.

Added lowercase letter labels to the list items for social workers, professional counselors, and addiction counselors to match the formatting of the naturopathic physician entry.

The list of eligible licensed professionals was reordered; a naturopathic physician was added to the top of the list, while social workers, professional counselors, addiction counselors, marriage and family therapists, peer support specialists, nurses, and physician assistants were shifted to subsequent positions.

The bill identifier was updated from HB 198.1 to HB0198.2, and the header year was adjusted to clearly indicate the 2025 legislative session.

Updated the bill title from an unofficial draft to an authorized print version and changed the drafter name from Chanan Brown to J. Etchart.

Added a line break after the word 'Title' in the description of licensed nurses to correct formatting.

Changed the final separator in the list of licensed professions from a semicolon to the word 'or' for grammatical consistency.