Hospital System

Sec. 1022.104. 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) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric; (2) facilities for outpatient clinics; (3) dispensaries; (4) convalescent home facilities; (5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers; (6) blood banks; (7) community mental health centers; (8) research centers or laboratories; and (9) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital care. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.