Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 2. HEALTH |
Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
Chapter 13. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES |
Subchapter A. CARE AND TREATMENT IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS |
Sec. 13.003. SERVICES AT RIO GRANDE STATE CENTER
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(a) The primary purpose of the Rio Grande State Center is to provide inpatient and outpatient services, either directly or by contract with one or more public or private health care providers or entities, to the residents of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
(b) The board may establish at the Rio Grande State Center:
(1) cancer screening;
(2) diagnostic services;
(3) educational services;
(4) obstetrical services;
(5) gynecological services;
(6) other inpatient health care services; and
(7) outpatient health care services, including diagnostic, treatment, disease management, and supportive care services.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1106, Sec. 9, eff. Aug. 30, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 263, Sec. 2, eff. May 22, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 , Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.