Tex. Health & Safety Code § 61.057 · Subchapter C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT
MANDATED PROVIDER.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services. A public hospital may require eligible residents to obtain care from a mandated provider except:
(1) in an emergency;
(2) when medically inappropriate; or
(3) when care is not available.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.61.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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