{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.057","heading":"MANDATED PROVIDER.","body":"A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services. A public hospital may require eligible 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 C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.61.htm#61.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e063d097413c8e090cd0afac173fbea28b29c8bebdabc8a24c72a5ef53384826","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-61.058"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}