Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "employees", in line 30, as appearing in the 1998 Official Edition, the following words:- , or a public hospital and its agents and employees.

SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 111 is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "a", in line 35, the second time it appears, as so appearing, the following words:- public hospital or.

SECTION 3. Section 203 of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "licensed", in lines 1, 8, 15 and 30, the following words:- or public.

SECTION 4. Said section 203 of said chapter 111, as so appearing,is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 27, the words "shall, as a condition of licensure," and inserting in place thereof the following words:- , as a condition of licensure, and every public hospital shall.

SECTION 5. Section 204 of said chapter 111 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "and", in line 3, as so appearing, the following words:- shall be exempt from the disclosure of public records under section 10 of chapter 66 but.