This chapter applies only to a merger agreement among hospitals each of which is located within a county that:

1. (1) contains two or more hospitals; and

2. (2) has a population of:

   1. (A) less than 100,000 and is not adjacent to a county with a population of 250,000 or more; or
   2. (B) more than 100,000 and less than 150,000 and is not adjacent to a county with a population of 100,000 or more.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (H.B. 3301), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.