{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-261.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 261.001","heading":"REGULATION OF HOSPITALS BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY.","body":"The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:\n(1) construct or establish one or more hospitals and control and regulate those hospitals; and\n(2) prohibit or permit and regulate the establishment of private hospitals.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL HOSPITALS","CHAPTER 261. MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER A. TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.261.htm#261.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2e22d008c65551380b749551081772c3bd330c33d294b7cde0cafa3dbac89c8f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-260d.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-261.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}