collaborative practice agreement. The bill was signed by the Governor and became Act 373.
• HB 187 by Rep. Larry Bagley (R-Stonewall) allows nurse practitioners and physicians assistants to order home health. While LSMS did oppose the bill, it is reflective of changes made by CMS during COVID-19. The bill passed the legislature and became Act 181. • HCR 94 by Rep. Stuart Bishop (R-Lafayette) and SCR 73 by Sen. Patrick McMath (R-Covington) was requested by LSMS in response to many legislators who sought a different way to review scope of practice increases. The resolution would have required all healthcare professional licensing boards to review processes utilized in other states and report back to the Health and Welfare Committees which ones would work for them and which ones would not work. After being egregiously mischaracterized in House Health and Welfare, the legislation was defeated by a vote of 2 to 10. Noncompete clauses in physician contracts was the subject of two bills. Both bills addressed certain aspects of the clauses and were successful leaving the House before meeting increased opposition on the Senate side. Although HBs 483 by Rep. Mark Wright (R-Covington) and 561 by Rep. Larry Bagley (R-Stonewall) stalled out in the Senate CommerceCommittee, RepresentativeWright has filedHCR 125 which directs a joint subcommittee of the House and Senate Commerce Committees to study various aspects of noncompetition agreements relative to physicians in the state and to report the findings of the joint committee to the legislature prior to the convening of the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana. Then, with less than thirty minutes left before Sine Die, Representative Bagley introduced HR 223 which directs a joint committee of the HouseCommittee onCommerce and theHouseCommittee on Health and Welfare to study the issue and report their findings to the House of Representatives. We look forward to continuing to educate the members of the legislature on the negative impacts to patients and physicians of such provisions during the interim. If you have specific ideas or stories relative to noncompete agreements please feel free to contact Lauren Bailey at lbailey@lsms.org. ■
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