Tex. Health & Safety Code § 61.051 · Subchapter C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter applies to health care services and assistance provided to a person who resides in the service area of a public hospital or hospital district.
(b) For the purposes of this subchapter, a hospital is not considered to be a public hospital and is not responsible for providing care under this subchapter if the hospital:
(1) is owned, operated, or leased by a municipality with a population of less than 5,500;
(2) was leased before January 1, 1981, by a municipality that at the time of the lease did not have a legal obligation to provide indigent health care; or
(3) was established under Section 265.031.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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