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- Judge Rules University Of Louisville's Hospital Is Public And Subject To Open Records Act; It May Appeal
The University of Louisville's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university's deals with other health providers. Judge Martin McDonald ruled yesterday in favor of The...
- State Auditor Will Examine University Hospital's Indigent-care Trust
After the Jefferson County attorney said the fund lacked oversight, state Auditor Adam Edelen said he will audit and review the indigent-care trust in Louisville through which $32 million tax dollars flow. (Courier-Journal photo by John Rott) The audit...
- Beshear Must Reject Hospital Merger, C-j Argues In Huge Editorial
Gov. Steve Beshear must say no when it comes to the merger of University Hospital, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and St. Joseph Health System because it jeopardizes the separation of church and state, contends a lengthy editorial in...
- University Hospital Merger Documents Being Released
The University of Louisville will hand over records pertaining to the merger involving University Hospital, under a settlement signed Tuesday. The documents will include "the June 14 agreement to consolidate the three health-care systems into one ? though...
- University Hospital Files Suit Saying It Is Not Public; Could Affect Merger, Open Records
Attorney General Jack Conway may have ruled it a public entity and thus subject to open-records laws, but University Hospital officials are insisting that's not the case and have filed a lawsuit saying it should not have to turn over documents...
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Is University Hospital public? Attorney general will decide; merger proposal raises question of church-state separation
Attorney General Jack Conway has been asked to decide "whether University Hospital is a public institution ? an issue in the controversial plan to merge the University of Louisville?s main teaching hospital with two other health-care systems," Patrick Howington of The Courier-Journal reports.
ACLU of Kentucky and The Courier-Journal have appealed denials of of open-records requests they made to University Medical Center Inc., which does business as University Hospital. "UMC turned down both requests on grounds that it is a nonprofit corporation rather than a public agency and therefore isn?t subject to the act," Howington writes. An attorney general?s opinion on open records or open meetings has the force of law unless overturned in court.
Meanwhile, Howington also writes that "Some legal advocates and constitutional scholars say," citing court cases, that the hospital's "plan to follow Catholic health-care directives under a pending merger could violate the U.S. Constitution?s provision to keep state and religious matters separate." (Read more)
ACLU of Kentucky and The Courier-Journal have appealed denials of of open-records requests they made to University Medical Center Inc., which does business as University Hospital. "UMC turned down both requests on grounds that it is a nonprofit corporation rather than a public agency and therefore isn?t subject to the act," Howington writes. An attorney general?s opinion on open records or open meetings has the force of law unless overturned in court.
Meanwhile, Howington also writes that "Some legal advocates and constitutional scholars say," citing court cases, that the hospital's "plan to follow Catholic health-care directives under a pending merger could violate the U.S. Constitution?s provision to keep state and religious matters separate." (Read more)
- Judge Rules University Of Louisville's Hospital Is Public And Subject To Open Records Act; It May Appeal
The University of Louisville's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university's deals with other health providers. Judge Martin McDonald ruled yesterday in favor of The...
- State Auditor Will Examine University Hospital's Indigent-care Trust
After the Jefferson County attorney said the fund lacked oversight, state Auditor Adam Edelen said he will audit and review the indigent-care trust in Louisville through which $32 million tax dollars flow. (Courier-Journal photo by John Rott) The audit...
- Beshear Must Reject Hospital Merger, C-j Argues In Huge Editorial
Gov. Steve Beshear must say no when it comes to the merger of University Hospital, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and St. Joseph Health System because it jeopardizes the separation of church and state, contends a lengthy editorial in...
- University Hospital Merger Documents Being Released
The University of Louisville will hand over records pertaining to the merger involving University Hospital, under a settlement signed Tuesday. The documents will include "the June 14 agreement to consolidate the three health-care systems into one ? though...
- University Hospital Files Suit Saying It Is Not Public; Could Affect Merger, Open Records
Attorney General Jack Conway may have ruled it a public entity and thus subject to open-records laws, but University Hospital officials are insisting that's not the case and have filed a lawsuit saying it should not have to turn over documents...