Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.005: CARE AND TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PATIENTS.

(a) The department shall fully develop essential services needed for the control of tuberculosis. To provide those services, the department may contract for the support, maintenance, care, and treatment of tuberculosis patients:
(1) admitted to facilities under the department's jurisdiction; or
(2) otherwise subject to the department's jurisdiction.
(b) The department may contract with:
(1) municipal, county, or state hospitals;
(2) private physicians;
(3) licensed nursing facilities and hospitals; and
(4) hospital districts.
(c) The department may contract for diagnostic and other services available in a community or region as necessary to prevent further spread of tuberculosis.
(d) A contract may not include the assignment of any lien accruing to the state.
(e) The department may establish and operate outpatient clinics as necessary to provide follow-up treatment on discharged patients. A person who receives treatment as an outpatient is financially liable in the manner provided for inpatients.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0053, eff. April 2, 2015.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 13. DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER A. CARE AND TREATMENT IN DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS

(1) admitted to facilities under the department's jurisdiction; or

(2) otherwise subject to the department's jurisdiction.

(b) The department may contract with:

(1) municipal, county, or state hospitals;

(2) private physicians;

(3) licensed nursing facilities and hospitals; and

(4) hospital districts.

(c) The department may contract for diagnostic and other services available in a community or region as necessary to prevent further spread of tuberculosis.

(d) A contract may not include the assignment of any lien accruing to the state.

(e) The department may establish and operate outpatient clinics as necessary to provide follow-up treatment on discharged patients. A person who receives treatment as an outpatient is financially liable in the manner provided for inpatients.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0053, eff. April 2, 2015.

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