Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/22/2022)
Bill Subjects
Health Care & Health Insurance
House Sponsors
Senate Sponsors
House Committee
Senate Committee
State, Veterans and Military Affairs
Date Introduced
02/03/2022
AI Summary
Summary
The bill authorizes county public hospitals and affiliates and health
service districts and affiliates authorized under certain statutory provisions, all of which are in rural areas of the state, to engage in activities that might be characterized as anticompetitive or that might result in a monopoly or displace competition.
The activities that a county public hospital or health service district
may engage in include, among others, joint ventures, joint purchasing agreements, and joint negotiations.
In exercising these powers, the county public hospital or health
service district or its affiliate is performing essential public functions on behalf of the state and is immune from any liability under federal and state antitrust laws.
