Chair moves to enter closed session citing statute on confidential health care information; motion passes unanimously

The Chair moved to enter a closed session to discuss "confidential competitive health care information" and to consult with attorneys to retain attorney–client privilege, then called for a show-of-hands vote that they described as unanimous.

The Chair opened the motion saying, "I'd like to make a motion, go in closed session," and cited "general statute 131e-97.3" as the basis for the session. After asking members to "raise your right hand," the Chair announced, "That's unanimous," and declared, "We're now in closed session." On returning from the closed session the Chair said the meeting was "back from closed session, and, we are hereby adjourned."

The transcript records only the motion, the statutory citation as spoken in the meeting, the show-of-hands vote and the brief announcements moving into and out of a closed session. The content of the closed session is not recorded in the transcript. The statute cited in the record was spoken as "general statute 131e-97.3" (as stated by the Chair in the meeting); the transcript does not provide a printed citation or additional statutory context.

No roll-call tally or names of other members voting were recorded in the transcript; the Chair described the vote as unanimous by raised hands. The meeting concluded upon return from the closed session.