(2) The proposed plan promotes the efficient use of the hospital resources of this State in delivering care to the residents of this State, ensuring that rural residents of this State have appropriate access to critical care services as well as primary and preventive care, within a reasonable geographic distance; and

(3) The proposed plan promotes cost-effectiveness.

C.__The working group shall present the Governor with a final proposal for design modifications to the hospital system in this State no later than February 1, 2004.

5.__Intent to displace competition.__It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent necessary for the purpose of permitting collaboration to formulate a proposed plan allocating costs and services, such collaboration must displace competition in affected health care markets; and further, that such collaboration and the resulting plan are subject to the active supervision of the Governor and the Attorney General, or their designees.

6.__Evaluation of proposed plan. The Governor shall evaluate the plan proposed by the working group pursuant to subsection 4 in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in this subsection.

A.__In evaluating the proposed plan, the Governor shall assess the extent to which the proposed plan offers one or more of the following benefits:

(1)__Enhancement of the quality of hospital or related care provided to the citizens of this State;

(2)__Preservation of critical care, primary and preventive health care services in geographical proximity to the communities traditionally served by those facilities;

(3)__Gains in the cost-efficiency of services provided by hospitals in this State;

(4)__Improvements in the utilization of hospital resources and equipment;