SB369 Alabama 2021 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Health care authorities, hospital, physicians, exclusive contracts, approval by medical staff of hospital, Sec. 22-21-318 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, health care authorities organized under the Health Care Authorities Act of 1982 are local governmental entities organized as political subdivisions of the state to provide hospital and health care services to local communities</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the active outside medical staff having hospital privileges to practice medicine at a hospital operated by a health care authority to approve any exclusive contract for group physician services or any decision to close any existing medical staff department at the hospital</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to hospitals operated by public health care authorities; to amend Section 22-21-318 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the active outside medical staff having hospital privileges to practice medicine at a hospital operated by a health care authority to approve any exclusive contract for group physician services or any decision to close any existing medical staff department at the hospital. </p>

Subjects

Health Care Authorities