Bill > HB3411

This bill amends the Texas Business and Commerce Code to impose new restrictions on covenants not to compete for physicians and certain other healthcare practitioners, such as dentists, nurses, and physician assistants. The key provisions include: (1) requiring physician covenants to allow access to patient lists and medical records, (2) capping the buyout amount for physician covenants at the physician's total annual salary and wages, (3) prohibiting the enforcement of covenants that do not expire within one year or have a geographical radius greater than 5 miles, and (4) extending similar restrictions to covenants for other healthcare practitioners. The bill also clarifies that these criteria and procedures preempt any other common law or other legal requirements for enforceability of such covenants.

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