HSB 654: Prohibiting specified provisions in agreements between employers and health care providers relating to location of practice

What it does

_____ 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.

House subcommittee · named February 3, 2026

• Rep. Michael R. Bergan (R) · michael.bergan@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Austin Baeth (D) · austin.baeth@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Hans C. Wilz (R) · hans.wilz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists; Iowa Speech Language Hearing Association

In plain words

1. February 3, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. February 3, 2026House subcommittee named: Bergan, Baeth, Wilz and H
3. February 10, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it