1. (a) The governing board shall do the following:

   1. (1) Control and manage the city hospital.
   2. (2) Make and establish all necessary or proper bylaws and rules for the maintenance and operation of the hospital.
   3. (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.

2. (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. (1) Discuss and prepare bids, proposals, or arrangements that will be competitively awarded among health care providers.
   2. (2) Discuss recruitment of health care providers.
   3. (3) Discuss and prepare competitive marketing strategies.
   4. (4) Engage in strategic planning.
   5. (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)).
3. (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).

4. (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. (1) Terms and conditions of preferred provider arrangements.
   2. (2) Health care provider recruitment plans.

   3. (3) Competitive marketing strategies regarding new services and locations.

      [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.2-5-13(a).]

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