(b) Releases by Holders of Claims and Interests.
As of the Effective Date, except for the right to enforce the Plan or any right or obligation arising under the Definitive Documents that
remains in effect after the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, on and after the Effective Date, for good and valuable consideration, except as specifically set forth elsewhere in the Plan, the Releasing Parties conclusively,
absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever discharge and release (and each entity so discharged and released shall be deemed discharged and released by the Releasing Parties) the Released Parties and their respective property from any and
all Claims, obligations, rights, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, Liens, Causes of Action, remedies, losses, and liabilities whatsoever (including contract claims, claims under ERISA and all other statutory claims, claims for
contributions, withdrawal liability, reallocation liability, redetermination liability, interest on any amounts, liquidated damages, claims for attorneys fees or any costs or expenses whatsoever), including any derivative claims, asserted or
assertable on behalf of a Debtor, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, contingent or fixed, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity or otherwise, that such Entity would have been
legally entitled to assert in its own right (whether individually or collectively) based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Estates, the Restructuring, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale or
rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the DIP Facility, the DIP Documents, the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Definitive Documents, the Sale Process, the First Lien Credit Agreements, the
Senior Notes Indenture, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party (other than assumed
contracts or leases), the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation or consummation of the Plan (including the Plan Supplement), the Definitive Documents, or any related
agreements, instruments or other documents, or the solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan, in all cases based upon any other act or omission, transaction, agreement, event or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date. For
the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.6(b) shall be construed to release (i) the Released Parties from intentional fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence, in each case as determined by a Final Order or (ii) any
current or former patient of the Debtors from pursuing any Claim against any non-Debtor party that is not a Released Party, including any non-Debtor provider that is not
a Released Party, for any acts or omissions arising out of or relating to any Claims for medical malpractice.
10.7
Exculpation.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no
Exculpated Party will have or incur, and each Exculpated Party is hereby released and exculpated from, any claim, obligation, suit, judgment, damage, demand, debt, right, cause of action, remedy, loss, and liability for any act or omission taken on
or after the Petition Date and prior to or on the Effective Date relating to, in any way, or arising out of, the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation, dissemination, implementation, administration, confirmation, consummation,
and pursuit of
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