The “Hospital Conversions Act,” recognizing that the conversion of non-profit hospitals into for-profit entities and the integration of providers through networks and mergers are affecting competition, cost and quality of health, requires that a hospital must obtain prior approval from the Department of Health and the Attorney General before conversion. The review criteria looks at, among other things, the effect on the community’s access to affordable care and “[w]hether the conversion demonstrates that the public interest will be served considering the essential medical services needed to provide safe and adequate treatment, appropriate access and balanced health care delivery to the residents of the state.”