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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 287.080: REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES
- SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS
- CHAPTER 287. HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICTS
- SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES
(a) The board shall require reimbursement from a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick, diseased, or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61.
(b) The board shall require reimbursement from the sheriff or police chief of a county or municipality for the district's care and treatment of a person confined in a jail facility of the county or municipality who is not a resident of the district, as determined in the same manner as the person's residence is determined under Chapter 61.
(c) The board may contract with a state or federal agency or political subdivision of the state to provide health care services.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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