Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1056.101: DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY.

(a) The district shall admit patients to the hospital who are:

(1) district inhabitants; and

(2) able to pay for medical and hospital care.

(b) The district has full responsibility for providing medical and hospital care for:

(1) eligible needy district inhabitants who are not able to pay all or a part of the cost of the care; and

(2) eligible needy and indigent district residents.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.