(a) No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the total voting membership of the board is present. Any action of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those at any meeting at which a quorum is present.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto, in the case of the authority, discussion, consideration and action on any of the following may occur in executive session when in the opinion of the board disclosure of the items would be harmful to the competitive position of the authority:

(1) Plans that could affect the value of property, real or personal, owned or desirable for ownership by the authority;

(2) the condition, acquisition, use or disposition of real or personal property;

(3) contracts for provision of health care services and marketing or operational strategies; and

(4) peer review and risk management activities as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-4914 et seq., and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-4921 et seq., and amendments thereto.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the authority may claim the benefit of any other exemption to the Kansas open meetings act listed in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4317 et seq., and amendments thereto.