Exempts certain actions of the Health Care Authority from state and federal antitrust laws; sets forth intent to immunize cooperative agreements approved and subject to supervision by the Health Care Authority; establishes that a cooperative agreement that is not approved and subject to supervision by the Health Care Authority shall not have immunity; and allows cooperative agreements between certain hospitals and other hospitals or health care providers in the state. Cooperative agreements provide for the sharing, allocation, consolidation by merger or 8 other combination of assets, or referral of patients, personnel, instructional programs, support 9 services and facilities or medical, diagnostic, or laboratory facilities or procedures or other 10 services traditionally offered by hospitals or other health care providers.

Enacted at W. Va. Code §§ 16-29B-26 & 28.