Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 13.038 — CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS; LIEN

HS § 13.038Title 2. HEALTH · Part A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES · Ch. 13. DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES · Art. B. TEXAS TUBERCULOSIS CODE

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(a)A patient admitted to a public health hospital is a public patient and classified as indigent, nonindigent, or nonresident.

(b)An indigent public patient is a person who:

(1)does not possess property of any kind;

(2)has no person who is legally responsible for the patient's support; and

(3)is unable to reimburse the state.

(c)A nonindigent public patient is a person who possesses property out of which the state may be reimbursed, or who has a person who is legally responsible for the patient's support.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0058, eff. April 2, 2015.