§ 2.164.050. Contracting authority for the board of hospitals.

The board of hospitals may enter into contracts for the receipt of payment of health care service with companies, corporations, or organizations which are in the business of providing health care insurance coverage to companies, individuals or employees or with companies, corporations or organizations which are in the business of paying for health care services on behalf of an employer or other entity; and such contract must be approved and signed by the metropolitan department of law, signed by the director of finance, and filed with the office of the metropolitan clerk. No such contract shall create liability sounding in tort on the part of the Metropolitan Government for an amount exceeding the limits specified in the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act 29-20-101 et seq. Any liability on the part of the metropolitan government sounding in contract shall not exceed the fees paid by the contractor to the metropolitan government under the contract.

(Amdt. 1 with Ord. 98-1353 § 1, 1998)