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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 552.012

CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State ex rel. Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Roark (1994)

Most recently applied in State ex rel. Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Roark (April 1994)

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A patient is classified as either indigent or nonindigent.

(b) An indigent patient is a patient who:

(1) possesses no property;

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

(3) is unable to reimburse the state for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment.

(c) A nonindigent patient is a patient who:

(1) possesses property from which the state may be reimbursed for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment; or

(2) has a person legally responsible for the patient's support.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.