​​​​​On Tuesday, the House Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee heard testimony from both sides of the issue on whether Indiana should prohibit physician non-compete contracts. The bill’s author, Rep. Bob Morris (R-Fort Wayne), brought the bill before the committee, arguing that “physicians belong to the community, not the hospitals.” IHA testified in opposition to the bill along with David Storey, senior vice president and general counsel with Parkview Health. In the end, Chairman Heath VanNatter (R-Kokomo) stated that he would not vote the bill out of committee and commented that the author had the ability to pursue this topic for study during the interim. For the 2018 legislative session, the bill is officially dead and cannot be considered further since it failed to pass out of one chamber. Thanks to all members of IHA who had reached out to committee members explaining the detrimental impact of this bill.​