§ 27-19-14 - Negotiation of hospital cost.
SECTION 27-19-14
§ 27-19-14 Negotiation of hospital cost.– The state, acting through the budget officer or his or her designatedrepresentative, hospitals, and hospital service corporations incorporated underthis chapter shall be parties to annual budget negotiations held for thepurpose of determining payment rates for hospital costs by the state and thosecorporations. The parties to the negotiations shall know the total operatingexpenses for hospitals. The negotiations shall commence no later than onehundred eighty (180) days prior to the beginning of each hospital fiscal year.The negotiations, which shall be considered collective bargaining for thepurposes of § 42-46-5(a)(2), shall be held for each hospital fiscal yearand individual budget negotiations shall commence not later than ninety (90)days prior to the beginning of each hospital fiscal year. The parties shallemploy mediation and arbitration services as an aid to the negotiations. Theprovisions of this section shall be repealed upon the implementation ofamendments and new methodology pursuant to §§ 40-8-13.3 and40-8-13.4, but in any event no later than March 30, 2010.