| Chapter 190 |
| 2018 -- H 8366 Enacted 07/02/2018 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSION ACT |
| Introduced By: Representatives O'Brien, and McKiernan |
| Date Introduced: June 23, 2018 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 23-17.14-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-17.14 entitled "The |
| Hospital Conversions Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 23-17.14-14. Investigations -- Notice to attend -- Court order to appear -- Contempt. |
| (a) The director or the attorney general may shall conduct investigations in discharging |
| the duties required under this chapter. For purposes of this investigation, the director or the |
| attorney general may require any person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, consultant, institution, |
| association, or corporation directly related to the proposed conversion to appear at any time and |
| place that the director or the attorney general may shall designate, then and there under oath and |
| conducted with a stenographic record to produce for the use of the director and/or the attorney |
| general any and all documents and any other information relating directly to the proposed |
| conversion that the director or the attorney general may require, including, but not limited to, |
| interviews, testimony, or statements. |
| (b) Whenever the director or the attorney general may require the attendance of any |
| person as provided in subsection (a), the director and/or the attorney general shall issue a notice |
| setting the time and place when the attendance is required and shall cause the notice to be |
| delivered or sent by registered or certified mail to the person at least fourteen (14) days before the |
| date fixed in the notice for the attendance. |
| (c) If any person receiving notice pursuant to this provision neglects to attend or remain |
| in attendance so long as may be necessary for the purposes which that the notice was issued, or |
| refuses to produce information requested, any justice of the superior court for the county within |
| which the inquiry is carried on or within which the person resides or transacts business, upon |
| application by the director, the attorney general, or any transacting party shall have jurisdiction to |
| hear and consider on an expedited basis the request, and if appropriate and relevant to the |
| consideration of proposed conversion, may issue to the person an order requiring the person to |
| appear before the director or the attorney general there to produce for the use of the director or the |
| attorney general evidence in accordance with the terms of the order of the court, and any failure |
| to obey the order of the superior court may be punished by the court as contempt of court. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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