Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3310: Public trust hospitals — Joint ventures — Exemption from

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and Oklahoma Open Records Act.

In the event a public trust hospital enters into a joint venture

with or acquires an interest in a not-for-profit entity to

effectuate the administration of the mission of the public trust,

that entity shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act

and the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Any information submitted to or

compiled by the public trust with respect to marketing plans,

financial statements, trade secrets, research concepts, methods or

products or any other proprietary information submitted to or

compiled by the trust, persons, firms, associations, partnerships,

agencies, corporations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit

research institutions, or other entities shall be confidential,

except to the extent that the person or entity which provided such

information or which is the subject of such information consents to

disclosure. Executive sessions may be held to discuss such

materials if deemed necessary by the trust. The provisions of this

section shall not apply to budgetary information related to

appropriations or the appropriations process. For purposes of this

section, "public trust hospital" is defined as any hospital created

pursuant to Section 176.1 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes or

Section 790.1 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.