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Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1021
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Rule 1021 Designating a Chapter 7, 9, or 11 Case as a Health Care Business Case
COMMENCING A BANKRUPTCY CASE; THE PETITION, THE ORDER FOR RELIEF, AND RELATED MATTERS
(a) In General.
If a petition in a Chapter 7, 9, or 11 case designates the debtor as a health care business, the case must proceed in accordance with the designation unless the court orders otherwise.
(b) Seeking a Court Determination.• the debtor;
• the trustee;
• any committee elected under § 705 or appointed under § 1102, or its authorized agent;
• in a Chapter 9 or Chapter 11 case in which an unsecured creditors’ committee has not been appointed under § 1102, the creditors on the list filed under Rule 1007(d); and
• any other entity as the court orders.
(Added Apr. 23, 2008, eff. Dec. 1, 2008; amended Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)