Corporation purposes

19 V.I.C. § 242 — under V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation.

19 V.I.C. § 242

(a) It is the purpose of the V.I. Governmental Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation to:(a) provide quality, comprehensive health care through the efficient management of hospitals and health facilities; and(b) formulate and coordinate major health care hospital policy for the territory and delegate day-to-day operating hospital policy decisions to the District Governing Boards; and(c) determine major health care services to be provided in each district and eliminate duplication of major services and specialties in order that limited resources are used to maximize a diversity of services throughout the territory; and(d) attain greater self-sufficiency in health care delivery through enhanced collection of health care costs from those using the services who are capable of paying; and(e) demonstrate through fiscal responsibility and efficient management its ability to effectively operate the territorial health care delivery system; and(f) achieve its purposes through the exercise of its powers; and(g) maintain a partnership with the V.I. Government for as long as a significant portion of the cost of health care delivery constitutes uncompensated care.

(a) provide quality, comprehensive health care through the efficient management of hospitals and health facilities; and

(b) formulate and coordinate major health care hospital policy for the territory and delegate day-to-day operating hospital policy decisions to the District Governing Boards; and

(c) determine major health care services to be provided in each district and eliminate duplication of major services and specialties in order that limited resources are used to maximize a diversity of services throughout the territory; and

(d) attain greater self-sufficiency in health care delivery through enhanced collection of health care costs from those using the services who are capable of paying; and

(e) demonstrate through fiscal responsibility and efficient management its ability to effectively operate the territorial health care delivery system; and

(f) achieve its purposes through the exercise of its powers; and

(g) maintain a partnership with the V.I. Government for as long as a significant portion of the cost of health care delivery constitutes uncompensated care.