Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 2. HEALTH |
Subtitle C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES |
Chapter 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT |
Subchapter B. COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERSONS NOT RESIDING IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT |
Sec. 61.035. LIMITATION OF COUNTY LIABILITY
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The maximum county liability for each state fiscal year for health care services provided by all assistance providers, including a hospital and a skilled nursing facility, to each eligible county resident is:
(1) $30,000; or
(2) the payment of 30 days of hospitalization or treatment in a skilled nursing facility, or both, or $30,000, whichever occurs first, if the county provides hospital or skilled nursing facility services to the resident.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.