Sec. 1071.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM  


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  • (a) The district may provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to the district's needy residents.

    (b) The hospital system may include:

    (1) facilities and equipment for domiciliary care and treatment of sick, injured, or geriatric patients;

    (2) outpatient clinics;

    (3) rural health clinics;

    (4) convalescent home facilities;

    (5) assisted living or personal care facilities;

    (6) physicians' offices;

    (7) home health care services;

    (8) durable medical equipment;

    (9) long-term care;

    (10) skilled nursing care;

    (11) intermediate nursing care;

    (12) hospice care;

    (13) community mental health centers;

    (14) alcohol or chemical dependency centers; and

    (15) any other facilities or equipment the board considers necessary for hospital purposes.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 , Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.