{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-263.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 263.052","heading":"CONTRACT FOR CARE BY BOARD.","body":"The board of managers may contract for the care of a person who is sick or injured and who applies to the hospital for admission. The board may contract for this care with:\n(1) a hospital in the county; or\n(2) an incorporated society or municipality in the county that maintains a hospital.\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 263. COUNTY HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. BOARD OF MANAGERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.263.htm#263.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ffd69aef6b2f97d41f4b9d50e7690a149f99272be3841b60530db44e706b9664","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-263.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-263.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}