{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.021","heading":"LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"A person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit, may not establish, conduct, or maintain a hospital in this state without a license issued under this chapter.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 241. HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER B. HOSPITAL LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.241.htm#241.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e8cb8a6e4fb7ae8c05adc5fbdf98586ed2ef6beeac32ae2e3522973bcb0ef2ab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}