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Senate approves amendment shielding some healthcare ownership data from public reports
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment to House Bill 16-66 that creates a confidentiality carve‑out for ownership information collected under a new healthcare business reporting provision; sponsors said it protects small practices from predatory buyers, while critics warned it reduces transparency.
Senators on the floor on March 24 adopted an amendment to House Bill 16-66 that limits public disclosure of certain business ownership information collected under the bill. The amendment, offered by Sen. Johnson, applies confidentiality protections to ownership details in the new reporting requirements being added for health-care entities.
The amendment drew an extended debate. "We're protecting some of that in this amendment, by creating a confidentiality clause in that section on the business entity itself pertaining to this information we're collecting for this bill only," Sen. Johnson said…
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