HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.

(b) The district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and

(B) equipping the buildings; and

(2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital purposes and medical purposes.

(c) The hospital system may include:

(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses;

(6) domiciliaries and training centers;

(7) blood banks;

(8) community mental health centers;

(9) research centers or laboratories; and

(10) any other facilities the board considers necessary for medical care, hospital care, and public safety and health.

(d) A facility for public safety and health described by Subsection (c)(10) may only be:

(1) constructed by the district using private money; and

(2) used by the district, or any governmental entity to which the district leases the facility, for public safety and health purposes.