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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.022: COUNTY OBLIGATION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES
- CHAPTER 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT
- SUBCHAPTER B. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONS NOT RESIDING IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
(a) A county shall provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to each of its eligible county residents.
(b) The county is the payor of last resort and shall provide assistance only if other adequate public or private sources of payment are not available.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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