Sec. 1048.104. HOSPITAL SYSTEM. (a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.
(b) The hospital system may include:
(1) a hospital, clinic, health facility, extended care facility, outpatient facility, rehabilitation or recreation facility, pharmacy, medical laboratory, dental laboratory, physicians' office building, laundry facility, administrative facility, or other building related to a health facility or system;
(2) a single or multiunit housing facility for medical staff, nurses, interns, other employees of a health facility or system, patients of a health facility, or relatives of patients admitted for treatment or care in a health facility;
(3) a support facility related to a hospital project, including an office building, a parking lot or other parking structure, or a maintenance, safety, or utility facility, and any equipment related to the support facility; and
(4) any other facilities the board determines necessary for hospital or medical care.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.