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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 563
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1371
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR
PHYSICIANS AND PROCESSES FOR HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT
TRANSITIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to enhance employment 1
protections for physicians and fair processes in health care employment 2
transitions, including, but not limited to (1) requiring health care 3
employers to provide not less than one hundred eighty days' notice 4
before implementing any significant employment change affecting 5
physician groups of more than seven members, (2) prohibiting health 6
care employers from terminating physicians except for just cause, (3) 7
requiring health care employers seeking to make significant 8
employment changes to submit such changes to the Commissioner of 9
Health Strategy for review and approval, (4) prohibiting health care 10
employers from requiring physicians to join external groups without 11
consent, and (5) establishing a regulatory framework through which 12
employment changes affecting large physician groups are reviewed and 13
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Statement of Purpose:
To establish certain employment protections for physicians and
processes for health care employment transitions.