Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 262.035 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES; LEASE
HS § 262.035Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part C. LOCAL HOSPITALS · Ch. 262. MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES · Art. C. POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to an authority created in a county with a population of at least 350,000 in which a hospital district is not located.
(b)A municipality may lease to an authority subject to this section all or part of a hospital and any other health facilities owned by the municipality. The lease may provide that the municipality may retain during the term of the lease specified rights relating to the operation of the authority and the facilities leased from the municipality. The lease may provide that:
(1)the municipality may retain the power to appoint all directors of the authority, notwithstanding Section 262.012;
(2)the authority is required to perform specified health care services on behalf of the municipality;
(3)the municipality may agree to fund specified health care services;
(4)the authority is prohibited from eliminating or curtailing specified health care services offered at the facilities leased from the municipality without prior consultation with or the approval of the municipality;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 558, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(82), (88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.