Sec. 13.041. RETURN OF CERTAIN NONRESIDENTS; RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS. (a) The department may:
(1) return a nonresident patient admitted to a public health hospital to the proper agency of the state of the patient's residence; and
(2) permit the return of a resident of this state who has been admitted to a tuberculosis hospital in another state.
(b) The state that is returning a patient shall pay the expenses of the return.
(c) The department may enter into reciprocal agreements with the proper agencies of other states to facilitate the return to the states of their residence of nonresident patients admitted to tuberculosis hospitals in other states.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0060, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Department of State Health Services
Chapter 13 - Department Hospitals and Respiratory Facilities
Subchapter B. Texas Tuberculosis Code
Section 13.034. Duties of Executive Commissioner and Department
Section 13.035. Employment of Hospital Administrators
Section 13.036. Patient Admission; Examination Certificate
Section 13.037. Determination of Residency
Section 13.038. Classification of Patients; Lien
Section 13.039. Collection of State's Claim
Section 13.040. Effect of Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act
Section 13.041. Return of Certain Nonresidents; Reciprocal Agreements
Section 13.042. Discrimination Prohibited
Section 13.043. Gratuities Prohibited
Section 13.044. Private Accommodations