{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-285.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 285.002","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.","body":"This subchapter applies only to a county having:\n(1) a population of:\n(A) at least 1.2 million; or\n(B) at least 830,000 and not more than 870,000; and\n(2) a countywide hospital district that:\n(A) has taxes imposed and collected by the commissioners court of the county; and\n(B) has teaching hospital facilities affiliated with a state-owned or private medical school.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 81, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 285. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. PAYMENT OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT OPERATING EXPENSES IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.285.htm#285.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"cd7ca90078e034e5965896852e556362745cf0593c56b0ee4dfc18b33aee1ff0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-285.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-285.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}