Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 61.057 — MANDATED PROVIDER

HS § 61.057Title 2. HEALTH · Part C. PROGRAMS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND SERVICES · Ch. 61. INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT · Art. C. PERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICT

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A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services. A public hospital may require eligible residents to obtain care from a mandated provider except:

(1)in an emergency;

(2)when medically inappropriate; or

(3)when care is not available.

Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.