(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.
(b) The district shall provide for:
(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:
(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and
(B) equipping the buildings; and
(2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital purposes and medical purposes.
(c) The hospital system may include:
(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;
(2) outpatient clinics;
(3) dispensaries;
(4) convalescent home facilities;
(5) necessary nurses;
(6) domiciliaries and training centers;
(7) blood banks;
(8) community mental health centers;
(9) research centers or laboratories; and
(10) any other facilities the board considers necessary for medical care, hospital care, and public safety and health.
(d) A facility for public safety and health described by Subsection (c)(10) may only be:
(1) constructed by the district using private money; and
(2) used by the district, or any governmental entity to which the district leases the facility, for public safety and health purposes.