PRINTER'S NO. 640
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
681
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ECKER, BROOKS, BERNSTINE, ROWE, MERSKI, NEILSON,
RYAN, WHEELAND, CIRESI, SAYLOR, MOUL, GLEIM, ZIMMERMAN,
FREEMAN, FRANKEL, KEEFER AND GILLEN, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Prohibiting enforcement of covenants not to compete in health
care practitioner employment agreements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Health Care
Practitioner Noncompete Agreement Act.
Section 2. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) Research studies have found that health care
practitioner shortages have reached alarming proportions in
the United States and, in particular, this Commonwealth.
(2) Pennsylvania is experiencing a health care
practitioner shortage for a litany of reasons.
(3) An increasingly aging population is creating a
greater need for health care practitioners.
(4) School debts for health care practitioners also
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