{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.030","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.030","heading":"MANDATED PROVIDER.","body":"A county may select one or more providers of health care services. The county may require eligible county residents to obtain care from a mandated provider except:\n(1) in an emergency;\n(2) when medically inappropriate; or\n(3) when care is 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#61.030","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"656352534160412071f038fb0c52102c7a73011070c2c49b25bbbc330d609e35","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.029","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}