{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-283.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 283.003","heading":"DISTRICT AUTHORIZATION.","body":"(a) A county authorized to establish a hospital district under Article IX, Section 4, of the Texas Constitution may create a hospital district and provide for the establishment of a countywide hospital or hospital system to furnish medical aid and hospital care to indigent and needy persons residing in the district.\n(b) If the county authorized to establish a hospital district under Article IX, Section 4, of the Texas Constitution owns and operates a hospital or hospital system for indigent or needy persons, separately or jointly with a municipality, the countywide hospital district may take over the hospital or hospital system to furnish medical aid and hospital care to indigent and needy persons residing in the district.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 283. OPTIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT LAW OF 1957","SUBCHAPTER A. CREATION OF DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.283.htm#283.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"72678dc284086fb3f2ec1b24e4d80f2a9e6353c24bed0f59444abdca7103da9a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-283.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-283.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}