81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2619, Chapter 1139 Page: 222 of 950
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H.B. No. 2619
1 district inhabitants. (Acts 69th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766, Sec. 5.13.)
2 Sec. 1078.116. PAYMENT FOR TREATMENT; PROCEDURES. (a)
3 When a person who resides in the district is admitted as a patient
4 to a district facility, the district administrator or a person
5 designated by the board may have an inquiry made into the financial
6 circumstances of:
7 (1) the patient; and
8 (2) a relative of the patient who is legally
9 responsible for the patient's support.
10 (b) To the extent that a patient or a relative of the patient
11 legally responsible for the patient's support cannot pay for care
12 and treatment provided by the district, the district shall supply
13 the care and treatment without charging the patient or the
14 patient's relative.
15 (c) On determining that the patient or a relative legally
16 responsible for the patient's support can pay for all or any part of
17 the care and treatment provided by the district, the district
18 administrator or the person designated by the board shall report
19 that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order
20 directing the patient or the relative to pay the district a
21 specified amount each week. The amount must be based on the
22 person's ability to pay.
23 (d) The district administrator or the person designated by
24 the board may collect the amount owed to the district from the
25 patient's estate or from that of a relative legally responsible for
26 the patient's support in the manner provided by law for collection
27 of expenses in the last illness of a deceased person.222
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2619, Chapter 1139, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148576/m1/222/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.