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Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 13 Health Department Hospitals And Respiratory FacilitiesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Health & Safety Code > Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 13 Health Department Hospitals And Respiratory Facilities Sponsored Links(a) The board may admit to any hospital under its supervision a patient who: (1) is eligible to receive patient services under a department program; ... (a) The primary purpose of the South Texas Health Care System is to provide inpatient and outpatient services, either directly or by contract with one ... (a) The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation may transfer a mentally ill or mentally retarded person who is infected with tuberculosis to ... (a) The board shall fully develop essential services needed for the control of tuberculosis. To provide those services, the board may contract for the support, ... The primary objectives of the tuberculosis control program are: (1) case-finding; (2) inpatient and outpatient treatment; and (3) the eventual eradication of tuberculosis. Acts 1989, ... This subchapter may be cited as the Texas Tuberculosis Code. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ... The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) enable persons with tuberculosis to obtain needed care; (2) provide care and treatment for those persons; and ... In this subchapter: (1) "Legally responsible person" means a parent, guardian, or spouse, or any person whom the laws of this state hold responsible for ... (a) The board shall adopt rules and bylaws relating to: (1) the management of state chest hospitals; (2) the duties of officers and employees of ... (a) The department shall employ a qualified hospital administrator for each state chest hospital. (b) A hospital administrator employed under this section is not required ... (a) A resident of this state who has tuberculosis may be admitted to a state chest hospital. A person who is not a resident of ... (a) A person is a resident of this state if the person: (1) is physically present and living voluntarily in this state; (2) intends to ... (a) A patient admitted to a state chest hospital is a public patient and classified as indigent, nonindigent, or nonresident. (b) An indigent public patient ... (a) A state claim for patient support and maintenance may be collected through an action brought against the patient or the person legally responsible for ... If an indigent or nonindigent public patient is eligible for health care assistance from a county hospital or public hospital under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health ... (a) The board may: (1) return a nonresident patient admitted to a state chest hospital to the proper agency of the state of the patient's ... (a) A state chest hospital may not discriminate against a patient. (b) Each patient is entitled to equal facilities, attention, and treatment. However, a state ... (a) A patient in a state chest hospital may not offer an officer, agent, or employee of the hospital a tip, payment, or reward of ... (a) On the request of any charitable organization in this state, the board may permit the erection, furnishing, and maintenance by the charitable organization of ... (a) A county may donate and convey land to the state in consideration of the establishment of a state chest hospital by the board. (b) ... (a) The department may enter into an agreement with an agency of another state responsible for the care of residents of that state who have ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |