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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 61.035

LIMITATION OF COUNTY LIABILITY

Known as the Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act

The act spans §§ 61–61 (58 sections).

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

The maximum county liability for each state fiscal year for health care services provided by all assistance providers, including a hospital and a skilled nursing facility, to each eligible county resident is:

(1) $30,000; or

(2) the payment of 30 days of hospitalization or treatment in a skilled nursing facility, or both, or $30,000, whichever occurs first, if the county provides hospital or skilled nursing facility services to the resident.

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