In negotiating contracts pursuant to this article, the negotiator may designate a specific group of hospitals as the negotiating unit. The Legislature finds and declares that, in any case where the negotiator designates a group of hospitals for purposes of negotiation there is a compelling state interest in negotiating on this basis, thereby exempting such negotiations from federal antitrust provisions.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 328, Sec. 17. Effective June 30, 1982.)