HB 605

This act is the Rural Health Antitrust Immunity Act. This act: (1) authorizes persons to share data, collaborate, and provide shared services to improve rural healthcare upon approval of the State Health Planning and Development Agency and Governor; (2) provides requirements for applying for approval, including providing the parties, nature of proposed activities, and effect on competition; (3) provides factors that the agency may consider in evaluating applications, including if rural healthcare is improved and anticompetitive effects are outweighed; (4) requires a certificate be renewed every three years and provides a renewal process; and (5) requires the agency to adopt rules to monitor activities conducted pursuant to an approval certificate.