Sec. 282.050. PROVISION OF HOSPITAL SERVICES. (a) The district shall provide adequate hospital services for the district. A person who resides in the district is entitled to receive those services at available district hospital facilities at a rate determined by the board and in any manner the board considers expedient or necessary under existing conditions. The district may provide the services in hospitals located outside the district.
(b) The district may furnish hospital services to a person who does not reside in the district at a reasonable and fair rate the board considers proper, but the district shall give priority to a district resident in the provision of hospital services.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Hospital Districts
Chapter 282 - Hospital Districts in Counties of 75,000 or Less
Subchapter C. General Powers and Duties
Section 282.041. Management, Control, and Administration
Section 282.042. District Rules
Section 282.043. Powers Relating to District Property, Facilities, and Equipment
Section 282.044. Contracting Authority
Section 282.045. Purchasing Procedures
Section 282.046. Eminent Domain
Section 282.047. Gifts and Endowments
Section 282.048. Authority to Sue and Be Sued; District Liability