Tex. Health & Safety Code § 13.003 · Subchapter A. CARE AND TREATMENT IN DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS
SERVICES AT RIO GRANDE STATE CENTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The primary purpose of the Rio Grande State Center is to provide inpatient and outpatient services, either directly or by contract with one or more public or private health care providers or entities, to the residents of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
(b) The department may establish at the Rio Grande State Center:
(1) cancer screening;
(2) diagnostic services;
(3) educational services;
(4) obstetrical services;
(5) gynecological services;
(6) other inpatient health care services; and
(7) outpatient health care services, including diagnostic, treatment, disease management, and supportive care services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1106, Sec. 9, eff. Aug. 30, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 263, Sec. 2, eff. May 22, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 (H.B. 1850), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0050, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.13.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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