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SB0852 • 2026

Physicians and Surgeons

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, relative to health care.

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Sponsor
Haile, Kumar
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about what happens if fair market value is undecided after 30 business days or how existing agreements will be affected.

Changing Time Limits for Physician Non-Compete Agreements

This bill changes the time limit in non-compete agreements between doctors and their employers from ten business days to thirty business days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the period of time that must be included in a non-compete agreement between an employer and a doctor from 10 business days to 30 business days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Doctors who have non-compete agreements with their employers.
  • Employers who make non-compete agreements with doctors.

Terms To Know

Non-compete agreement
A contract that stops someone from working in a similar job or business for a certain time after leaving their current job.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the fair market value is still undecided after 30 business days.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect existing non-compete agreements between doctors and employers.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  2. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  3. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Health Committee

  5. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee

  6. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  7. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  8. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  9. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  10. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1206
By Kumar

SENATE BILL 852
By Haile

SB0852
002943
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63
and Title 68, relative to health care.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 63-6-204(f)(2)(A)(iv), is amended by
deleting the language "within ten (10) business days" and substituting "within thirty (30)
business days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.