Oregon Senate Bill 951

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 28 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Referred to Health Care.
Pending: Senate Health Care Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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, an individual who works as an independent contractor with 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. 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. Punishes violations of specified provisions of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to the practice of health care; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Deb Patterson [D]	Rep. Ben Bowman [D]	Rep. Cyrus Javadi [R]	Sen. Wlnsvey Campos [D]
Sen. Kathleen Taylor [D]	Rep. Lisa Fragala [D]	Rep. Kevin Mannix [R]	Rep. Sarah Finger McDonald [D]
Rep. Nancy Nathanson [D]	Rep. Mark Owens [R]	Rep. Kimberly Wallan [R]	Rep. Emily McIntire [R]
Rep. Boomer Wright [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-28	Senate	Referred to Health Care.
2025-01-28	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB951
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB951/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85400