Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 263.085. COLLECTION OF MONEY. (a) The superintendent shall collect money due the hospital. (b) The superintendent shall keep an accurate account of money collected at the hospital, report at the monthly meeting of the board of managers the amount of money collected, and tran…

Sec. 263.101. INSPECTIONS. (a) A resident officer of a county hospital shall admit a member of the board of managers into every part of the hospital and its premises. (b) On the demand of a member of the board of managers, a resident officer of the hospital shall: (1) give the bo…

Sec. 263.102. RULES AND PUBLICATIONS. (a) The board of managers shall print, or purchase from the Department of State Health Services at the actual cost of printing: (1) rules adopted by the executive commissioner for the care of persons having a communicable disease and for the …

Sec. 264.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the County Hospital Authority Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 264.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a county hospital authority created under this chapter. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of an authority. (3) "Bond" includes a note. (4) "Bond resolution" means the resolution authorizing the issuance of r…

Sec. 264.003. CREATION. (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may create a county hospital authority and designate the name of the authority if the commissioners court finds that creation of the authority is in the best interest of the county and its residents. (b) The…

Sec. 264.004. DISSOLUTION. (a) The commissioners court of a county by order may dissolve an authority created by the commissioners court if the commissioners court and the authority provide for the sale or transfer of the authority's assets and liabilities to the county. (b) The …

Sec. 264.011. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The authority is governed by a board of directors with at least seven and not more than 11 members. (b) The number of directors shall be determined at the time the authority is created. The number may be changed by amendment of the order crea…

Sec. 264.012. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD; TERMS OF OFFICE. (a) The commissioners court shall appoint the directors of the authority for terms not to exceed three years except as otherwise provided by this section. (b) The resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or the trus…

Sec. 264.013. OFFICERS. (a) The board shall elect: (1) a president and a vice-president, who must be directors; (2) a secretary and a treasurer, who are not required to be directors; and (3) any other officers authorized by the authority's bylaws. (b) The offices of secretary and…

Sec. 264.014. AUTHORITY OF BOARD. (a) Action may be taken by a majority of the directors present if a quorum is present. (b) The president has the same right to vote as other directors. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 264.015. COMPENSATION. A director may not receive compensation for services but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

Sec. 264.021. GENERAL POWERS. (a) The authority has the power of perpetual succession. (b) The authority may: (1) have a seal; (2) sue and be sued; and (3) make, amend, and repeal its bylaws. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 264.022. ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND LEASE OF HOSPITALS. (a) The authority may construct, purchase, enlarge, furnish, or equip one or more hospitals located in the county. (b) The authority may operate and maintain one or more hospitals. The authority shall operate a hospita…

Sec. 264.023. EMPLOYEES. (a) The board may employ a manager or executive director of a hospital and other employees, experts, and agents. (b) The board may delegate to the manager or executive director the power to manage the hospital and to employ and discharge employees. (c) Th…

Sec. 264.024. MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. (a) The board may enter into an agreement with any person for the management or operation of a hospital or part of a hospital owned by the authority under terms that are satisfactory to the board and the contracting party. (b) The agreement mus…

Sec. 264.025. COMMITTEES. (a) The board, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, may designate one or more committees if authorized to do so by the authority's bylaws. (b) At least two directors must serve on each committee. Each committee may have addit…

Sec. 264.026. RATES FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), through charging sufficient rates for services provided by a hospital and through its other revenue sources, the board shall produce revenue sufficient to: (1) pay the expenses of owning, operati…

Sec. 264.027. DEPOSITORY. The authority may: (1) select a depository in the same manner that a county may select a depository under Chapter 116, Local Government Code; or (2) award its depository contract to the depository or depositories of the county on the same terms as the te…

Sec. 264.028. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) To carry out a power granted by this chapter, the authority may acquire the fee simple title to land, other property, and easements by condemnation under Chapter 21, Property Code. (b) The authority is considered to be a municipal corporation for…

Sec. 264.029. GIFTS AND ENDOWMENTS. The board may accept gifts and endowments to hold and administer as required by the respective donors. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 264.030. SALE OF PROPERTY; GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) The board may sell, through sealed bids or at a public auction, real property acquired by gift or purchase that the board determines is not needed for hospital purposes if the sale does not violate: (1) a trust indenture or …

Sec. 264.031. SALE OR CLOSING OF HOSPITAL. (a) The board may sell all or part of a hospital owned by the authority or close all or part of a hospital owned or operated by the authority. The sale or closing must: (1) be authorized by resolution of the board; (2) be executed on beh…

Sec. 264.032. EMERGENCY BORROWING. (a) If the board declares that funds are not available to meet lawfully authorized obligations of the authority and that an emergency exists, the board may borrow money at a rate of interest not to exceed the maximum annual percentage rate allow…

Sec. 264.033. TIME WARRANTS. The authority may issue time warrants in the manner in which a commissioners court may issue time warrants under Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government Code. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1011, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 199…

Sec. 264.034. FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED OR THE ELDERLY. (a) The authority may construct, acquire, own, operate, enlarge, improve, furnish, equip, or provide the following facilities and services to care for the disabled or the elderly: (1) a nursing home or similar…

Sec. 264.035. ESTABLISHMENT OF NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (a) The authority may form and sponsor a nonprofit corporation under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, to own and operate all or part of one or more ancillary heal…

Sec. 264.036. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONTRACTS, COLLABORATIONS, AND JOINT VENTURES. The authority may, directly or through any nonprofit corporation formed by the authority, contract, collaborate, or enter into a joint venture with any public or private entity as necessary to carry o…

Sec. 264.041. REVENUE BONDS. (a) The authority may issue revenue bonds to provide funds for any of the authority's purposes. (b) Revenue bonds must be payable from, and secured by a pledge of, revenues from the operation of one or more hospitals and any other revenues from owning…

Sec. 264.042. FORM AND PROCEDURE. (a) Revenue bonds must be authorized by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. The bonds must: (1) be signed by the president or vice-president of the board; (2) be countersigned by the secretary of the board; and (3) h…

Sec. 264.043. TERMS. (a) Revenue bonds must mature serially or otherwise not more than 40 years after they are issued. (b) Revenue bonds may: (1) be sold at a price and under terms that the board considers the most advantageous reasonably obtainable, except that the net effective…

Sec. 264.044. NOTICE. (a) Before the board adopts a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds other than refunding bonds, the board must publish a notice of its intention to adopt the resolution and of the maximum amount and maximum maturity of the bonds. (b) The notice must b…

Sec. 264.045. REFERENDUM. (a) A petition requesting an election on the proposition for the issuance of the revenue bonds may be presented to the secretary or president of the board before the date set for the adoption of the bond resolution. The petition must be signed by at leas…

Sec. 264.046. JUNIOR LIEN BONDS; PARITY BONDS. (a) Bonds constituting a junior lien on the revenues or properties may be issued unless prohibited by the bond resolution or the trust indenture. (b) Parity bonds may be issued under conditions specified by the bond resolution or tru…

Sec. 264.047. BOND PROCEEDS; INVESTMENT OF FUNDS. (a) The board may set aside from the proceeds from the sale of bonds: (1) an amount for payment of not more than two years' interest on the bonds; (2) the amount required for operating expenses during the first year of operation a…

Sec. 264.048. REFUNDING BONDS. (a) The authority may issue bonds to refund outstanding bonds in the same manner that other bonds are issued under this chapter. (b) Bonds issued under this section may be exchanged by the comptroller or sold. The proceeds shall be applied as provid…

Sec. 264.049. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. (a) The authority shall submit to the attorney general the bonds issued under this chapter and the record relating to the issuance of those bonds. (b) If the attorney general finds that the bonds were issued in accordance with thi…

Sec. 264.050. LEGAL INVESTMENTS. Bonds of the authority are legal and authorized investments for: (1) a bank; (2) a savings bank; (3) a trust company; (4) a savings and loan association; (5) an insurance company; or (6) the sinking fund of a political corporation or subdivision o…

Sec. 265.001. MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 10,000 AND ANY COUNTY. (a) The commissioners court of a county may cooperate with the proper authorities of a municipality with at least 10,000 inhabitants to establish, build, equip, and maintain a hospital in the municipali…

Sec. 265.002. COUNTY AND ANY TWO OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES. (a) The commissioners court of a county may cooperate with the proper authorities of two or more municipalities to establish, build, equip, and maintain a hospital in the county. (b) The commissioners court may appropriate …

Sec. 265.003. COUNTY WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 92,600 AND MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF AT LEAST 57,250. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of at least 92,600 and the governing body of a municipality in that county with a population of at least 57,250 m…

Sec. 265.011. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOSPITAL BY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY. The commissioners court of a county and the governing body of a municipality in that county may jointly appoint a board of managers to establish, build, equip, maintain, and operate one o…

Sec. 265.012. FINANCING. (a) If the municipality or county has issued and sold bonds to establish, build, equip, maintain, and operate a joint municipal and county hospital, the municipality or county may finance the hospital out of general revenue and may levy and collect a tax …

Sec. 265.013. BOARD OF MANAGERS. (a) The board of managers is composed of seven members. (b) The commissioners court and the municipal governing body shall each appoint three members to the board, and the commissioners court and the governing body shall jointly appoint one member…

Sec. 265.014. CHAIRMAN. The board of managers shall select a chairman from among its members who shall: (1) preside over the board's meetings; and (2) sign any contract, agreement, or other instrument made by the board on behalf of the county and municipality. Acts 1989, 71st Leg…

Sec. 265.015. CONTRACTS. The board of managers may execute any contract relating to establishing, building, equipping, maintaining, or operating the hospital as if the action were taken by the commissioners court or the municipal governing body. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec…