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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 552.013

SUPPORT OF INDIGENT AND NONINDIGENT PATIENTS

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State ex rel. Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Roark (1994)

Most recently applied in State v. Farris (August 1996)

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

(a) A person may not be denied services under this subtitle because of an inability to pay for the services.

(b) The state shall support, maintain, and treat indigent and nonindigent patients at the expense of the state.

(c) The state is entitled to reimbursement for the support, maintenance, and treatment of a nonindigent patient.

(d) A patient who does not own a sufficient estate shall be maintained at the expense:

(1) of the patient's spouse, if able to do so; or

(2) if the patient is younger than 18 years of age, of the patient's father or mother, if able to do so.

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