Tennessee Code 68-11-1308 – Restrictions on interpretation and authority
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-11-1308
- Cooperative agreement: means an agreement among two (2) or more hospitals for the consolidation by merger or other combination of assets, offering, provision, operation, planning, funding, pricing, contracting, utilization review or management of health services or for the sharing, allocation, or referral of patients, personnel, instructional programs, support services and facilities or medical, diagnostic or laboratory facilities or procedures or other services traditionally offered by hospitals. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1302
- Department: means the department of health. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1302
- Hospital: means :
(A) Any institution required to be licensed as a hospital under §. See Tennessee Code 68-11-1302 - Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Unless otherwise permitted by law, nothing in this part shall be deemed to grant any hospital or group of hospitals, pursuant to a cooperative agreement, the authority to operate as a health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization or insurer without obtaining an appropriate license from the department of commerce and insurance. Nothing in this part shall be deemed to grant any hospital or group of hospitals, pursuant to a cooperative agreement, the authority to negotiate terms, prices or reimbursement rates with insurers, health maintenance organizations or preferred provider organizations otherwise prohibited under federal or state antitrust laws. Furthermore, nothing in this part shall be construed as authorizing a public benefit hospital entity to enter into a public benefit hospital conveyance transaction without complying with the requirements of the Public Benefit Hospital Sales and Conveyance Act of 2006, compiled in title 48, chapter 68, part 2, or shall be construed as impacting in any way the authority of the attorney general and reporter with respect to public benefit hospital conveyance transactions under that act.