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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.012

CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 552.012, CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674499
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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.