Sec. 1088.104. 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 district shall provide for:

(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:

(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and

(B) equipping the buildings; and

(2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital purposes and medical purposes.

(c) The hospital system may include:

(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;

(2) outpatient clinics;

(3) dispensaries;

(4) convalescent home facilities;

(5) necessary nurses;

(6) domiciliaries and training centers;

(7) blood banks;

(8) community mental health centers;

(9) research centers or laboratories; and

(10) any other facilities the board considers necessary for medical care, hospital care, and public safety and health.

(d) A facility for public safety and health described by Subsection (c)(10) may only be:

(1) constructed by the district using private money; and

(2) used by the district, or any governmental entity to which the district leases the facility, for public safety and health purposes.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 560 (S.B. 1621), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 812 (H.B. 2318), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.