Texas Health And Safety Code Title 4, Chapter 287 - Health Services Districts

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 287.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of a district. (2) "District" means a health services district created under this chapter. (3)...

SUBCHAPTER B CREATION OF DISTRICT

• Texas Section 287.002 - District Authorization
  A health services district may be created and established and, if created, must be maintained, operated, and financed in the manner provided by this chapter....
• Texas Section 287.021 - Creation By Concurrent Orders
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a county or hospital district and one or more other counties or hospital districts may create a health...
• Texas Section 287.022 - Contract Terms
  (a) A county or hospital district that creates a district under this chapter shall contract with the district to provide, at a minimum, the health...
• Texas Section 287.023 - Purpose And Duties
  (a) A health services district shall: (1) provide health care services to indigent residents of the district; (2) manage the funds contributed to the district...

SUBCHAPTER C DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Texas Section 287.024 - Funding
  (a) Each county or hospital district that contracts with the district shall contribute to the district for its operation: (1) a specified dollar amount from...
• Texas Section 287.041 - Board Of Directors
  (a) A county or hospital district that creates the district and has a population of 125,000 or more shall appoint one director to the board...
• Texas Section 287.042 - Qualifications For Office
  (a) To be eligible to serve as a director, a person must be a resident of the county or hospital district that appoints the person...
• Texas Section 287.043 - Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of the office, each director must execute a bond for $5,000 payable to the district, conditioned on the faithful performance...
• Texas Section 287.044 - Board Vacancy
  A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 287.045 - Officers
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice president. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary, who need not...
• Texas Section 287.046 - Officers' Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Each officer of the board serves for a term of one year. (b) The board shall fill a vacancy in a board office for...
• Texas Section 287.047 - Compensation
  (a) Directors and officers serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. (b) Expenses reimbursed under...
• Texas Section 287.048 - Voting Requirement
  A majority of the members of the board voting must concur in a matter relating to the business of the district. Added by Acts 1999,...
• Texas Section 287.049 - Administrator And Additional Staff
  (a) The board may appoint qualified persons as administrator of the district and as additional administrative staff members as the board considers necessary for the...
• Texas Section 287.050 - Appointments To Staff
  The board may: (1) appoint to the staff any doctors the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district; and (2) make temporary...
• Texas Section 287.051 - Technicians, Nurses, And Other District Employees
  (a) The district may employ technicians, nurses, fiscal agents, accountants, architects, additional attorneys, and other necessary employees. (b) The board may delegate to the administrator...
• Texas Section 287.052 - General Duties Of Administrator
  The administrator shall: (1) supervise the work and activities of the district; and (2) direct the general affairs of the district, subject to the limitations...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 287.053 - Retirement Benefits
  The board may provide retirement benefits for employees of the district by: (1) establishing or administering a retirement program; or (2) electing to participate in...
• Texas Section 287.071 - Responsibility Of Governmental Entity
  On creation of a district, a county or hospital district that creates the district may transfer to the district: (1) management and operation of any...
• Texas Section 287.072 - District Responsibilities
  On creation of a district, the district assumes the duties required under Section 287.023 and any additional duties specified in the contract with the counties...
• Texas Section 287.073 - Management, Control, And Administration
  The board shall manage, control, and administer the health care system and the funds and resources of the district that are transferred under Section 287.071....
• Texas Section 287.074 - District Rules
  The board may adopt rules governing the operation of the district and the duties, functions, and responsibilities of district staff and employees. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 287.075 - Methods And Procedures
  The board may prescribe: (1) the method of making purchases and expenditures by and for the district; and (2) accounting and control procedures for the...
• Texas Section 287.076 - Health Care Property, Facilities, And Equipment
  (a) The board shall determine: (1) the type, number, and location of buildings required to establish and maintain an adequate health care system; and (2)...
• Texas Section 287.077 - Construction Contracts
  (a) The board may enter into construction contracts for the district. (b) The board may enter into construction contracts that involve spending more than $10,000...
• Texas Section 287.078 - District Contracts And Collaborations
  (a) The board may enter into operating or management contracts relating to health care facilities owned by the district or for which the district assumes...
• Texas Section 287.079 - Payment For Health Care Services
  (a) The district without charge shall supply to a patient residing in the district the care and treatment that the patient or a relative of...
• Texas Section 287.080 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) The board shall require reimbursement from a county, municipality, or public hospital located outside the boundaries of the district for the district's care and...
• Texas Section 287.081 - Service Contracts
  The board may contract with a municipality, county, special district, or other political subdivision of the state or with a state or federal agency for...
• Texas Section 287.082 - Gifts And Endowments
  On behalf of the district, the board may accept gifts and endowments to be held in trust for any purpose and under any direction, limitation,...

SUBCHAPTER E DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT

• Texas Section 287.083 - Authority To Sue And Be Sued
  The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 287.101 - Dissolution
  (a) A district shall be dissolved if: (1) the contract with the counties and hospital districts that created the district expires and is not renewed;...
• Texas Section 287.102 - Transfer Of Assets After Dissolution
  (a) If the district is dissolved, the board shall: (1) transfer the land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets acquired by the district to the...
• Texas Section 287.103 - Administration Of Property, Debts, And Assets After Dissolution
  (a) If the district does not transfer its land, buildings, improvements, equipment, and other assets to a county or hospital district in the district, the...

SUBCHAPTER F DISTRICT FINANCES

• Texas Section 287.104 - Accounting
  After the district has paid all its debts and has disposed of all its assets and funds as prescribed by Sections 287.102 and 287.103, the...
• Texas Section 287.121 - Fiscal Year
  (a) The district operates on the fiscal year established by the board. (b) The fiscal year may not be changed if revenue bonds of the...
• Texas Section 287.122 - Annual Audit
  (a) The board annually shall have an independent audit made of the financial condition of the district. (b) A copy of the audit must be...
• Texas Section 287.123 - District Audit And Records
  The annual audit and other district records are open to inspection during regular business hours at the principal office of the district. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 287.124 - Annual Budget
  (a) The administrator of the district shall prepare a proposed annual budget for the district. (b) The proposed budget must contain a complete financial statement,...
• Texas Section 287.125 - Notice; Hearing; Adoption Of Budget
  (a) The board shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget. (b) The board shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper...
• Texas Section 287.126 - Amending Budget
  After adoption, the annual budget may be amended on the board's approval. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 287.127 - Limitation Of Expenditures
  Money may not be spent for an expense not included in the annual budget or an amendment to it. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 287.128 - Sworn Statement
  As soon as practicable after the close of the fiscal year, the administrator shall prepare for the board a sworn statement of the amount of...
• Texas Section 287.129 - Spending And Investment Limitations
  (a) Except for construction contracts under Section 287.077(a) or as provided by Sections 287.142 and 287.143, the district may not incur a debt payable from...
• Texas Section 287.130 - Depository
  (a) The board shall name at least one bank to serve as depository for district funds. (b) District funds, other than those invested as provided...

SUBCHAPTER G BONDS

• Texas Section 287.131 - Ad Valorem Taxation
  A district may not impose an ad valorem tax. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
• Texas Section 287.141 - General Obligation Bonds
  A district may not issue general obligation bonds. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
• Texas Section 287.142 - Revenue Bonds
  (a) The board may issue revenue bonds to: (1) purchase, construct, acquire, repair, equip, or renovate buildings or improvements for district purposes; (2) acquire sites...
• Texas Section 287.143 - Refunding Bonds
  (a) Refunding bonds of the district may be issued to refund an outstanding indebtedness the district has issued or assumed. (b) The bonds must be...
• Texas Section 287.144 - Interest And Maturity
  District bonds must mature not later than the 50th anniversary of the date of their issuance and must bear interest at a rate not to...
• Texas Section 287.145 - Execution Of Bonds
  The president of the board shall execute the bonds in the name of the district, and the secretary of the board shall countersign the bonds...
• Texas Section 287.146 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
  (a) District bonds are subject to the same requirements with regard to approval by the attorney general and registration by the comptroller as the law...
• Texas Section 287.147 - Bonds As Investments
  District bonds and indebtedness assumed by the district are legal and authorized investments for: (1) banks; (2) savings banks; (3) trust companies; (4) savings and...
• Texas Section 287.148 - Bonds As Security For Deposits
  District bonds are eligible to secure deposits of public funds of the state and of municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of the...
• Texas Section 287.149 - Tax Status Of Bonds
  Because the district created under this chapter is a public entity performing an essential public function, bonds issued by the district, any transaction relating to...

Last modified: September 28, 2016