Prohibiting specified provisions in agreements between employers and health care providers relating to location of practice

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2026
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2026
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

_____ employment for any reason, a provision of an agreement entered into between the health care provider and the health care provider’s former employer prior to, on, or after the effective date of the bill that limits the right of the health care provider to practice at a hospital eligible for federal designation or federally designated as a critical access hospital or at a medical facility in an area that would qualify as a rural area or for treatment as a rural area under specified federal regulations shall be void and unenforceable.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 3, 2026. On February 10, 2026 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Michael R. Bergan REmail
• Rep. Austin Baeth DEmail
• Rep. Hans C. Wilz REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§147.161A

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works