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119-hr-8272119th CongressWALLET

To classify qualified locum tenens professionals and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act.

Sponsored By: Representative Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]

Introduced

Summary

Classifies qualified locum tenens professionals and certain advanced care practitioners as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act. This bill would make those temporary clinicians not employees of the site where they provide services when they meet its conditions.

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  • Workers: Locum tenens clinicians and the listed advanced practitioners would be treated as independent contractors for federal wage and labor laws when they meet the bill's criteria. This covers physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified registered nurse anesthetists.
  • Employers: Hospitals, clinics, and staffing entities would not be required to treat those clinicians as employees under the two federal statutes when the clinicians meet the conditions in the bill.
  • Qualification rules: To qualify the placement must be temporary, limited to no more than one continuous year at a single site, and supported by a written contract stating the individual is not an employee.

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Locum clinicians classified as contractors

This bill would say certain locum tenens clinicians and advanced care practitioners are independent contractors for the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act. To qualify, you would have to provide temporary services at one site for no more than one continuous year and have a written contract saying you will not be treated as an employee. Covered clinicians would include physicians (under federal definitions), nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. This would remove employee protections like minimum wage and overtime pay rules and collective bargaining rights for those workers and would apply whether or not the clinician is substituting for another provider.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 6/9/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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