Texas Statutes
Subchapter C. Powers and Duties
Section 1070.104. Hospital System; Ancillary Health Care Services System

Sec. 1070.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM; ANCILLARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES SYSTEM. (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:
(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;
(2) equipping the buildings; and
(3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.
(b) The hospital and ancillary health care services systems may include:
(1) facilities and equipment to provide domiciliary care and treatment of the sick or injured;
(2) outpatient clinics;
(3) dispensaries;
(4) geriatric domiciliary care;
(5) convalescent home facilities;
(6) physicians' offices;
(7) home health services;
(8) durable medical equipment;
(9) long-term care;
(10) skilled nursing care;
(11) intermediate nursing care;
(12) hospice care;
(13) ambulatory surgery centers;
(14) urgent care facilities;
(15) rural health clinics;
(16) operation of a mobile emergency medical service;
(17) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;
(18) blood banks;
(19) research centers or laboratories; and
(20) any other facilities or equipment the board considers necessary to provide hospital and ancillary health care services.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.