Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Authorization of Health Maintenance Organizations
33-31-204. Acquisition, control, or merger of a health maintenance organization

33-31-204. Acquisition, control, or merger of a health maintenance organization. (1) Except as provided in 33-2-1106 and subsection (2) of this section, a person may not tender for, request, or invite tenders of, or enter into an agreement to exchange securities for or acquire in the open market or otherwise, any voting security of a health maintenance organization or enter into any other agreement if, after the consummation of the agreement, that person would, directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise of any right to acquire, be in control of the health maintenance organization.
(2) A person may not enter into an agreement to merge or consolidate with or otherwise to acquire control of a health maintenance organization, unless, at the time any offer, request, or invitation is made or any agreement is entered into, or prior to the acquisition of the securities if no offer or agreement is involved, the acquiring person has filed with the commissioner and has sent to the health maintenance organization information required by 33-2-1104 and the commissioner has approved the offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition pursuant to 33-2-1105.
History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 457, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 370, L. 2015.

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