Hospitals; authorities created are acting pursuant to state policy; express and clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 65 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to immunity from antitrust liability, so as to express and clarify by declaration of the General Assembly of Georgia that, in the exercise of the powers specifically granted to them in Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31, hospital authorities created thereunder are acting pursuant to state policy; to articulate clearly and express affirmatively, and to clarify that it is and has been, the policy of the State of Georgia that such hospital authorities in the exercise of the powers specifically granted to them in Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 31 shall be immune from antitrust liability to the same degree and extent as enjoyed by the State of Georgia; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.