{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.022","heading":"COUNTY OBLIGATION.","body":"(a) A county shall provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to each of its eligible county residents.\n(b) The county is the payor of last resort and shall provide assistance only if other adequate public or private sources of payment are not available.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONS NOT RESIDING IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.61.htm#61.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fac0246f2231cbdf861587b016aba71428a2d864ab4892b2d1f27e784c385059","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.0221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}