{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-216.310","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 216.310","heading":"Purpose of law.","body":"This legislation is designed to permit a county to form a hospital district or two (2) or\nmore counties to join together in the formation of a hospital district in order to provide a\nbroader basis for local support of hospitals and related health facilitie s including\nsupportive services and the training and education of health personnel. The General\nAssembly recognizes that hospitals can be more effective if they are of sufficient scope to\nmarshal the skills and manpower necessary to provide the advantages of modern medicine\nand that the development of high -speed highways makes possible accessibility to such\nmodern hospitals permitting service to a larger geographical area. It is the intent of KRS\n216.310 to 216.360 to provide for the integration of the comp lex functions of health and\nhospital care for the collective benefit of all the people within an area by providing a\nmethod to extend the geographical territory to larger regions.","path":["KRS Chapter 216"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=9008","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:20Z","sha256":"4a3047565b2470bf058d51631c3ded98506516a6ad1016c6558e4232b8cec8f7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-216.308","next":"us-ky/krs-216.313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}