Tex. Health & Safety Code § 552.015 · Subchapter B. INDIGENT AND NONINDIGENT PATIENTS
INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE MEANS OF SUPPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may demand and conduct an investigation in a county court to determine whether a patient possesses or is entitled to property or whether a person other than the patient is liable for the payment of the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment.
(b) The department may have citation issued and witnesses summoned to be heard on the investigation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, 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.552.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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