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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.057: MANDATED PROVIDER.
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 C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services. A public hospital may require eligible residents to obtain care from a mandated provider except:
(1) in an emergency;
(2) when medically inappropriate; or
(3) when care is not available.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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