Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.054
BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.054, BASIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/667269
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a public hospital shall endeavor to provide the basic health care services a county is required to provide under Section 61.028.
(b) If a public hospital provided additional health care services to eligible residents during the operating year that ended before January 1, 1985, the hospital shall continue to provide those services.
(c) A public hospital shall coordinate the delivery of basic health care services to eligible residents and may provide any basic health care services the hospital was not providing on January 1, 1999, but only to the extent the hospital is financially able to do so.
(d) A public hospital may provide health care services in addition to basic health care services.