Sick and indigent persons; agreements for care with state

and county agencies. Counties, by their county commissioners, are authorized to make agreements with state or county agencies or other agencies for the care of sick and indigent persons. Such care shall be provided to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they meet all other qualifying criteria for such care. History: 1941 Comp., § 15-5006, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 148, § 6; 1953 Comp., § 15-48-6; 1978 Comp., § 4-48-5, recompiled as § 4-48B-8 by Laws 1981, ch. 83, § 8; 2021, ch. 127, § 2.