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SB 951 — Prohibits a management services organization or a shareholder, director, officer or employee of a management services organization from owning or controlling shares in, serving as a director or officer of, being an employee of, working as an independent contractor with or otherwise managing, directing the management of or participating in managing a professional medical entity with which the management services organization has a contract for management services.

Congress · introduced 2025-01-24

Digest: Stops people in charge of companies that do not do medical work from running both the company and another entity that does medical work. Stops companies from telling their workers that they cannot work for someone else, say that the company is bad or speak out about bad acts. Stops companies from punishing those who speak out. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Prohibits a management services organization[<i>, an individual who works as an independent contractor with a management services organization</i>] or a shareholder, director, officer or employee of a management services organization from owning or controlling shares in, serving as a director or officer of, being an employee of, working as an independent contractor with or otherwise managing, directing the management of or participating in managing a professional medical entity with which the management services organization has a contract for management services. Specifies what conduct constitutes ownership or control of a professional medical entity. Voids noncompetition agreements, nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement agreements between certain business entities and medical professionals, with specified exceptions, and prohibits the business entities from retaliating against the medical professional for violating the void agreements. [<i>Punishes violations of specified provisions of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.</i>] <b>Voids and makes unenforceable agreements that violate prohibitions against management services organization control of professional medical entities and permits a professional medical entity or medical licensee to sue to recover an ascertainable loss of money or property as a result of the violation.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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Sponsors

• Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — sponsor
• Reynolds, Lisa (D, OR-17) — sponsor
• Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — sponsor
• Bowman, Ben (D, OR-25) — sponsor
• Javadi, Cyrus (R, OR-32) — sponsor
• Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — sponsor
• Taylor, Kathleen (D, OR-21) — sponsor
• Fragala, Lisa (D, OR-8) — sponsor
• McDonald , Sarah (D, OR-16) — sponsor
• Nathanson, Nancy (D, OR-13) — sponsor
• Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — sponsor
• Wallan, Kim (R, OR-6) — sponsor
• Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
• Prozanski, Floyd (D, OR-4) — cosponsor
• McIntire, Emily (R, OR-56) — cosponsor
• Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
• Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — cosponsor
• Meek, Mark (D, OR-20) — cosponsor
• Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
• Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
• Tran, Thuy (D, OR-45) — cosponsor
• Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — cosponsor

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