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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="6.5-201" title_number="6.5" title_name="Attorney General -- Acquisition of Nonprofit Health Entities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Application Process">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person that seeks to engage in an acquisition of a nonprofit health entity shall submit an application to the appropriate regulating entity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in addition to any other filing required by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An application shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name of the transferor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of the transferee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the names of any other parties to the acquisition agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the terms of the proposed acquisition, including the sale price;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a copy of the acquisition agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a financial and community impact analysis report from an independent expert or consultant that addresses the criteria in § 6.5-301 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>an independent valuation of the nonprofit health entity that was obtained prior to the consideration of any bid or offer to acquire the nonprofit health entity;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>an antitrust analysis prepared by an appropriate expert; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>any other documents related to the acquisition.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On request to the regulating entity, and subject to paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, an application and related documents shall be available for public inspection and copying.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection or otherwise by law, all information and documents that are filed with the regulating entity in compliance with the requirements of this title or that are reported to, obtained by, or otherwise disclosed to the regulating entity or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made under this title:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>are confidential material;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>are not subject to subpoena; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may not be made public by the regulating entity or any other person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Material that otherwise is confidential under paragraph (2) of this subsection may be made public by any person to whom the nonprofit health entity to which the material relates gives prior written consent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If, after giving a nonprofit health entity notice and an opportunity to be heard, the regulating entity determines that it is in the interest of the policyholders, stockholders, or the public to make public any material relating to the nonprofit health entity that otherwise is confidential under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the regulating entity may make public all or part of the material in an appropriate manner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
