Resolving a feud that has been brewing bitterly between North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital and city leaders for months, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill that will require a public vote in addition to city council and hospital trustees approval in order to sell the city-owned hospital, according to a report by the Kansas City Star.
Hospital officials were incensed when the city hired consultants to explore selling the hospital without full board approval. A legal battle ensued and both parties hired small armies of lobbyists to push legislation to either streamline or block the hospital's sale.
This month, newly elected North Kansas City Mayor Don Sielow and a majority of the city council members wrote the governor with their approval for a bill that would require two-thirds of hospital trustees and a majority of city council members and public voters to approve a sale of the hospital. The governor signed that bill into law Wednesday.
Hospital leaders had pushed for a law that would either make the hospital independent or add layers of regulatory approval to impede a sale.
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Hospital officials were incensed when the city hired consultants to explore selling the hospital without full board approval. A legal battle ensued and both parties hired small armies of lobbyists to push legislation to either streamline or block the hospital's sale.
This month, newly elected North Kansas City Mayor Don Sielow and a majority of the city council members wrote the governor with their approval for a bill that would require two-thirds of hospital trustees and a majority of city council members and public voters to approve a sale of the hospital. The governor signed that bill into law Wednesday.
Hospital leaders had pushed for a law that would either make the hospital independent or add layers of regulatory approval to impede a sale.
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