On July 17, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act. The Act, which will go into effect on January 1, 2025, will limit the use of noncompete covenants for healthcare practitioners in the commonwealth and require employers to provide notice to patients of a healthcare practitioner’s departure.
According to the Pennsylvania Legislature, the Act is intended to limit what it views as the negative impacts of noncompetition provisions in the employment of covered healthcare practitioners and improve the attraction and retention of those healthcare practitioners in Pennsylvania.
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