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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill bans healthcare noncompete agreements and establishes post-employment patient care protections
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas legislation voids post-employment s for healthcare professionals and prohibits employers from enforcing them starting July 1, 2026. The measure allows limited geographic restrictions during the first 24 months of initial employment under specific voluntary termination conditions involving relocation cost buyouts. It also protects the right of departing healthcare professionals to notify patients of their new practice locations.
Changes employment contract enforceability for physicians and s in Kansas, affecting recruitment agreements, patient retention rules, and staff mobility starting July 1, 2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Healthcare professionals
Physicians and mid-level practitioners gain the legal right to work without post-employment patient care noncompete restrictions, subject to limited initial employment terms.
Employers of healthcare professionals
Employers face restrictions on enforcing post-employment noncompete agreements and must adjust recruitment and retention contracts.
Patients
Patients retain the right to be notified of a provider's departure and new practice location without contractual interference.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Feb 12, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 11, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
Version history
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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