Indiana’s New Regulatory Review of Health Care Mergers Goes Live July 1
Lexology June 24, 2024
Beginning on Monday, July 1, 2024, Indiana Senate Bill 9 will require health care entities to provide the Indiana Office of the Attorney General (the “Indiana AG”) with notice of mergers or acquisitions ninety (90) days prior to closing.
Indiana Senate Bill 9, which was signed into law on March 13, 2024, follows in the footsteps of similar legislative efforts that swept the nation in 2023 (see Navigating Emerging State Regulation of Health Care Map), but deviates from other state laws in certain ways discussed below. Notably, while most state health care transaction laws include processes to evaluate the impact of reported transactions on cost, access to, and quality of health care services, the new Indiana legislation does not address...