Non-Compete

Senate Bill 7, which would ban employers from placing physicians under new non-compete agreements, left committee last month in uncertain waters. But it ultimately passed the full Senate Tuesday with the ban fully intact.

A House committee advances legislation to bring down the cost of new housing. A Senate committee approves a ban on physician non-compete agreements. And a bill to better treat mental health in the criminal justice system takes its first step.

A bill prohibiting new physician non-compete agreements passed the Senate Health and Provider Services committee Wednesday with nine voting for and three against. Indiana has a shortage of physicians and an unusually high cost of care compared to other states.

Indiana lawmakers are set to consider a bill that would prohibit new non-compete agreements for physicians this session. At the same time, the Federal Trade Commission is considering implementing a new rule banning all non-competes across all industries, nationwide.