Texas Education Code
§ 74.603 — SERVICE AS STATE CHEST HOSPITAL
ED § 74.603Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part C. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM · Ch. 74. OTHER MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND NURSING UNITS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM · Art. K. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER
Statute text
View on source(a)The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler serves as a state chest hospital under Subchapter B, Chapter 13, Health and Safety Code, among other functions, for tuberculosis patients sent by the Texas Department of Health.
(b)Sections 13.034 and 13.044, Health and Safety Code, do not apply to the center.
(c)It is the intent of the legislature that:
(1)The University of Texas System shall provide and pay for the care and treatment of tuberculosis patients in The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler from funds appropriated to the center for that purpose;
(2)The University of Texas System shall honor and perform all contracts in existence on September 1, 1977, entered into by, for, or on behalf of the center, including contracts related to the training and education of osteopathic resident physicians at the center; and
(3)if additional contracts are required to provide for the care and treatment of outpatients, The University of Texas System shall, as appropriate:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.