1. (1) To strengthen and reform the governance structure of nonprofit hospital service and/or medical service corporations;
2. (2) To ensure a diverse, independent, and publicly accountable board of directors;
3. (3) To prohibit certain activities that may allow self-interest to compromise undivided loyalty to the public interest mission for which these corporations were established; and
4. (4) To require adoption of principles and procedures to keep these corporations aligned with their public interest mission.

The general assembly finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the residents of Rhode Island:

History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 330, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 567, § 2.