Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
Subtitle B. STATE FACILITIES |
Chapter 552. STATE HOSPITALS |
Subchapter B. INDIGENT AND NONINDIGENT PATIENTS |
Sec. 552.012. CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS
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(a) A patient is classified as either indigent or nonindigent.
(b) An indigent patient is a patient who:
(1) possesses no property;
(2) has no person legally responsible for the patient's support; and
(3) is unable to reimburse the state for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment.
(c) A nonindigent patient is a patient who:
(1) possesses property from which the state may be reimbursed for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment; or
(2) has a person legally responsible for the patient's support.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.