The amendment would require two-thirds of hospital board members, a majority of the city council and a public vote to approve a sale of a public hospital. North Kansas City officials, who hired seven lobbyists to oppose the legislation’s current language, came under fire from hospital officials last year for engaging in talks with potential buyers of the hospital.
Workers and community members claimed the frontrunner in the discussions was Nashville, Tenn.-based for-profit chain Hospital Corporation of America, which city officials denied.
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