§ 16-23-1-19 — Duties of governing board

(a) The governing board shall do the
following:
(1) Control and manage the city hospital.
(2) Make and establish all necessary or proper bylaws and rules
for the maintenance and operation of the hospital.
(3) Fix reasonable rates to patients for rooms, care, treatment, and
service that are necessary or proper to fulfill the purposes and
functions of the hospital.
(b) In addition to IC 5-14-1.5-6.1(b), a hospital organized or
operated under this article may hold executive sessions to do any of the
following:
(1) Discuss and prepare bids, proposals, or arrangements that will
be competitively awarded among health care providers.
(2) Discuss recruitment of health care providers.
(3) Discuss and prepare competitive marketing strategies.
(4) Engage in strategic planning.
(5) Participate in a motivational retreat with staff or personnel if
the hospital does not conduct any official action (as defined in IC 5-14-1.5-2(d)).
(c) IC 5-14-1.5-5, IC 5-14-1.5-6.1, and IC 5-14-1.5-7 apply to
executive sessions held under subsection (b).
(d) A hospital organized or operated under this article may hold
confidential, until the information contained in the records is
announced to the public, records of a proprietary nature that if revealed
would place the hospital at a competitive disadvantage, including the
following:
(1) Terms and conditions of preferred provider arrangements.
(2) Health care provider recruitment plans.
(3) Competitive marketing strategies regarding new services and
locations.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-13(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.91-2002, SEC.16 and P.L.100-2002, SEC.18.