Section 282.050 - Provision of Hospital Services(a) The district shall provide adequate hospital services for the district. A person who resides in the district is entitled to receive those services at available district hospital facilities at a rate determined by the board and in any manner the board considers expedient or necessary under existing conditions. The district may provide the services in hospitals located outside the district.(b) The district may furnish hospital services to a person who does not reside in the district at a reasonable and fair rate the board considers proper, but the district shall give priority to a district resident in the provision of hospital services.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 282.050
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.