General Assembly Raised Bill No. 879
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 3248
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING NONSOLICITATION AGREEMENTS IN THE
HOME HEALTH SERVICES INDUSTRY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. Section 20-681 of the general statutes is repealed and the
2 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
3 For purposes of this section "covenant not to compete" means any
4 contract or agreement that restricts the right of an individual to provide
5 homemaker, companion or home health services (1) in any geographic
6 area of the state for any period of time, or (2) to a specific individual.
7 "Covenant not to compete" does not include any contract or agreement
8 that restricts the right of an individual to solicit from any client,
9 employee or vendor of a homemaker-companion agency, as defined in
10 section 20-670, registry, as defined in section 20-670, or home health aide
11 agency, as defined in 19a-490, provided such contract or agreement is
12 limited in duration to one year. Any covenant not to compete is against
13 public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.
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 Raised Bill No. 879
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 20-681
Statement of Purpose:
To allow nonsolicitation agreements in the home health services
industry.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
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Statutes affected:
Raised Bill: 20-681