Concerning the corporate practice of medicine.

Ownership of medical practices is now restricted exclusively to medical licensees, removing the ability for other health care providers to own or control such entities.

Medical licensees must now hold 100% of voting shares and all director positions in a medical practice, up from holding a majority.

The transfer of medical practice shares or assets is now explicitly limited to transactions between medical licensees.

New sections require physician assistants and naturopaths to attest to their awareness of the corporate practice of medicine rules during license applications.

New definitions were added to specify 'medical licensee' and 'medical purpose' to clarify which professionals and activities are covered.

The effective date of the act was changed from January 1, 2027, to January 1, 2028.

The bill was renumbered from 'Substitute Senate Bill' to 'Second Substitute Senate Bill' and the sponsoring committee changed from 'Health & Long-Term Care' to 'Ways & Means', with the first reading date updated to February 28, 2025.

The list of unprofessional conduct for health professionals was updated to reference sections 1 through 10 of the act, reflecting the addition of the new coverage for HMOs and contractors.

New sections were added to explicitly cover health maintenance organizations and health care service contractors, extending the prohibition on non-licensed entities controlling clinical decisions to these organizations.

Enforcement authority for the new provisions was clarified to be exclusively with the state attorney general, rather than being shared or implied through other mechanisms.

New definitions were added to clarify terms such as 'health care practice' and 'licensed health care provider' to ensure consistent application across the expanded scope of the bill.