§ 27-19-16 - Severability.
SECTION 27-19-16
§ 27-19-16 Severability. – If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that the requirement in§ 27-19-14 that the state be a party to negotiations in which the UnitedStates is a party or otherwise interested is invalid or unconstitutional, thatjudgment shall not impair or invalidate § 27-19-14 insofar as it requiresthe state to be a party to negotiations between hospitals and hospital servicecorporations; and if any other clause, sentence, or section of §§27-19-14, 27-19-15, or this section is adjudged invalid or unconstitutional bya court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of the sectionswill not be impaired or invalidated by that invalidity, but the effect of thejudgment shall be confined to the clause, sentence, or section so adjudged tobe invalid or unconstitutional. If the United States or any of its departmentsor agencies requires that funds supplied by it to the state for the purchase orreimbursement of hospital services be disbursed in a manner inconsistent withany agreement reached by the parties pursuant to §§ 27-19-14 and27-19-15, that requirement shall not affect any agreement as to other funds tobe paid by the state or by hospital service corporations. The provisions ofthis section shall be repealed upon the implementation of amendments and newmethodology pursuant to §§ 40-8-13.3 and 40-8-13.4, but in any eventno later than March 30, 2010.