Any agreements entered into between the system and any county hospital, municipal hospital or hospital created by special act of the Legislature shall be subject to the provisions of section three-a, article twenty-three, chapter eight of this code. No agreements entered into by the system shall relieve any hospital of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law, except to the extent that actual and timely performance thereof by the system or any of its members may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 18-11C-8a

  • Hospital: means the inpatient and outpatient health care services of the board, other than those used for student health services and family practice clinics, operated in connection with the university, consisting of the existing facilities and any other health care service components of the West Virginia University medical center at Morgantown rendering patient care services and more particularly identified by the agreement. See West Virginia Code 18-11C-1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • system: means the nonstock, not-for-profit corporation to be established under the general corporation laws of the state, which meets the description set forth in section three-a of this article. See West Virginia Code 18-11C-1