This bill presents the “Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreement Act,” which intends to regulate the use of restrictive employment agreements and the associated penalties. Restrictive employment agreements include provisions such as a confidentiality agreement, no-business agreement, non-compete agreement, no-recruit agreement, and other similar contracts, which limit or set restrictions on an employee’s capability to work outside of their employer after their work relationship ends.
HB2787
Hospitals raise hands to pay taxes that plug Medicaid shortfalls
States build momentum to protect 340B drug discounts – for now
Blue KC exiting Medicare Advantage market by 2025 due to ‘regulatory demands’
Big systems get bigger: 5 large hospital deals to know
HB 1837
Creates provisions relating to hospital pricing practices
SB 1212
Under this act, a hospital that is not in material compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws on the date that items or services are purchased from, or provided to a patient by, the hospital shall not initiate or pursue a collection action against the patient for a debt owed for the items or services. The patient may file suit against the hospital for a prohibited collection and the hospital, if found to be materially out of compliance with federal price transparency laws, shall refund any amount of debt the payor has paid, pay a penalty to the patient in an amount equal to the debt, dismiss or cause to be dismissed any court action with prejudice and pay the patient’s attorney fees and costs, and remove or cause to be removed any report made to a consumer reporting agency relating to the debt.
Mercy to acquire Ascension hospital
States Target Health Insurers’ ‘Prior Authorization’ Red Tape
HB 1421
Modifies provisions relating to telehealth services