Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 263 - County Hospitals And Other Health Facilities

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 263.0001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1...
• Texas Section 263.001 - Two Or More Counties May Join
  (a) Two or more adjacent counties may act together to carry out the purposes of this chapter and construct one or more hospitals for their...

SUBCHAPTER B ESTABLISHING, ENLARGING, SELLING, AND CLOSING COUNTY HOSPITALS

• Texas Section 263.002 - Additional Hospital
  A county may maintain more than one county hospital if considered advisable by the commissioners court of the county and approved by the executive commissioner....
• Texas Section 263.021 - Establishing Or Enlarging Hospital On Petition; Submission Of Bond Proposition
  (a) The commissioners court of a county may establish a county hospital or any medical or other health facility or enlarge an existing hospital or...
• Texas Section 263.022 - Powers And Duties Of Commissioners Court After Passage Of Bond Proposition
  (a) If a bond proposition under Section 263.021 is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the election, the commissioners court of...
• Texas Section 263.023 - Construction Of Hospital To Avoid Inadequate Care In Certain Counties
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall provide for the construction of a county hospital if: (1) the county has a municipality with more...
• Texas Section 263.024 - Hospital Revenue Bonds
  (a) A county may issue revenue bonds for: (1) acquiring, constructing, repairing, equipping, or renovating buildings and improvements for county hospital purposes; or (2) acquiring...
• Texas Section 263.025 - Hospital Operating Funds Used For Improvements In Counties Of 24,500 To 25,500
  The commissioners court of a county with a population of 24,500 to 25,500 may use excess money in the county hospital operating fund for making...
• Texas Section 263.026 - Health Unit Or Center In County With Population Greater Than 100,000
  (a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 100,000 that has a county hospital may acquire sites and construct or...
• Texas Section 263.027 - Approval Of Construction Or Repair
  If requested by the commissioners court of a county, the executive commissioner must approve plans for the construction, alteration, or repair of a hospital or...
• Texas Section 263.028 - Contract For Care
  (a) The commissioners court of a county that does not have a municipality with a population of more than 10,000 may contract with a hospital...
• Texas Section 263.029 - Sale Or Lease Of Hospital
  (a) A county may sell or lease all or part of a county hospital or medical or other health facility operated by the county, including...
• Texas Section 263.030 - Closing Of Hospital
  (a) The commissioners court of a county by order on terms it considers reasonable may close a hospital or medical facility constructed, purchased, or acquired...

SUBCHAPTER C BOARD OF MANAGERS

• Texas Section 263.031 - Closing Part Of Hospital
  A county may close a part of a county hospital. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 263.041 - Appointment Of Board Of Managers
  (a) The commissioners court of a county shall appoint at least six but not more than 12 residents of the county as the board of...
• Texas Section 263.042 - Operation Of Board Of Managers
  (a) The board of managers shall elect from among its members a president, at least one vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. (b) The county...
• Texas Section 263.043 - Compensation And Expenses Of Board Of Managers
  (a) The commissioners court may provide hospitalization insurance as compensation for the services of the board of managers. (b) The commissioners court shall pay and...
• Texas Section 263.044 - Tort Claims Payments
  A member of the board of managers is a county officer for purposes of Chapter 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 263.045 - Removal Of Manager
  After citation, the commissioners court may, at any time, remove a member of the board of managers from office for cause. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...
• Texas Section 263.046 - General Powers And Duties Of Board Of Managers
  (a) The board of managers shall generally manage and control the hospital, including: (1) its buildings and grounds; (2) its officers and employees; (3) its...
• Texas Section 263.047 - Salaries
  (a) The board of managers shall determine the salaries of the officers and employees of the hospital, including the superintendent. (b) The salaries may not...
• Texas Section 263.048 - Visiting Physicians
  (a) The board of managers shall appoint a staff of visiting physicians who visit and treat hospital patients at the request of the board or...
• Texas Section 263.049 - Discharge Of Patients
  (a) The board of managers shall make the final disposition of a case concerning the discharge of a patient from the hospital. (b) The decision...
• Texas Section 263.050 - Dispensaries And Clinics
  (a) The board of managers may establish and operate: (1) an outpatient department or a free dispensary and clinic at the hospital or in the...
• Texas Section 263.051 - School For Children Having Tuberculosis
  (a) The board of managers may establish a special and separate school for the education, care, and treatment of children having tuberculosis. (b) The school...
• Texas Section 263.052 - Contract For Care By Board
  The board of managers may contract for the care of a person who is sick or injured and who applies to the hospital for admission....

SUBCHAPTER D SUPERINTENDENT

• Texas Section 263.053 - Records
  (a) The board of managers shall keep a proper record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose. The record must be open...
• Texas Section 263.071 - Appointment Of Superintendent
  (a) The board of managers shall appoint a superintendent of the hospital who holds office at the pleasure of the board. (b) The superintendent may...
• Texas Section 263.072 - Role Of Superintendent
  (a) The superintendent is the chief executive officer of the hospital. (b) The superintendent is subject to the bylaws and rules of the hospital and...
• Texas Section 263.073 - Bond
  The superintendent, before beginning to discharge the duties of office, shall give a bond in a sum determined by the board of managers to secure...
• Texas Section 263.074 - General Powers And Duties Of Superintendent
  (a) The superintendent has general supervision and control of: (1) the records and accounts of the hospital; (2) the hospital buildings; and (3) the internal...
• Texas Section 263.075 - Equipping The Hospital
  (a) The superintendent shall, with the consent of the board of managers, equip the hospital with furniture, appliances, fixtures, and other facilities necessary for the...
• Texas Section 263.076 - Officers And Employees
  (a) With the consent of the board of managers, the superintendent shall appoint resident officers and employees considered proper and necessary by the superintendent for...
• Texas Section 263.077 - Accounts And Records
  (a) The superintendent shall require daily accounts and records of the hospital's business and operations. (b) The superintendent shall require that: (1) a record is...
• Texas Section 263.078 - Forms For Admission
  (a) The county hospital shall provide forms for application for admission to the hospital and the superintendent shall forward the forms free to a licensed...
• Texas Section 263.079 - Admission Of Persons From County
  (a) A resident of a county in which a county hospital is located who desires treatment in the hospital may apply in person to the...
• Texas Section 263.080 - Admission Of Persons From Adjacent County
  The superintendent shall admit to the hospital a person sent by the commissioners court of an adjacent county if: (1) the adjacent county has contracted...
• Texas Section 263.081 - Condition And Treatment Of Patient
  The superintendent shall require that a patient's physical condition is carefully examined and the treatment the patient needs is provided. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
• Texas Section 263.082 - Payment By Patient
  (a) A patient may not be permitted to pay an amount for the patient's maintenance in the hospital greater than the average per capita cost...
• Texas Section 263.083 - Support
  (a) The superintendent shall inquire into a patient's circumstances and the circumstances of the patient's relatives legally responsible for the patient's support if the patient...
• Texas Section 263.084 - Discharge Of Patients
  (a) The superintendent shall temporarily or permanently discharge a patient from the hospital if the patient: (1) is not sick or injured or recovers from...

SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016