Tex. Health & Safety Code § 286.083 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall require reimbursement from a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district for the district's care and treatment of a sick, diseased, or injured person of that county, municipality, or public hospital as provided by Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act).
(b) The board shall require reimbursement from the sheriff or police chief of a county or municipality for the district's care and treatment of a person confined in a jail facility of the county or municipality who is not a resident of the district.
(c) The board may contract with the state or federal government for the state or federal government to reimburse the district for treatment of a sick, diseased, or injured person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 121, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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.286.htm
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