General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature Page: 1,214
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Ch. 479 58TH LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION
said indebtednesses and bonds of said Cities, Towns and Counties as the
value of all the taxable properties of said Hospital District is to the total
taxable value of all the taxable properties of said City, Town or County.
In receiving the 'funds of such Cities, Towns and Counties by the Hos-
pital District which are the remainder of bond issues of such Cities, Towns
and Counties and in receiving the unspent portion of any funds thereto-
fore set up or appropriated by budget or otherwise by such Cities, Towns
and Counties for the support and maintenance of the hospital facilities
for the year within which the Hospital District comes into existence, where
less than all the territory of such Cities, Towns and Counties are within
the Hospital District, the Hospital District shall, based upon the then last
approved tax assessment rolls of said Cities, Towns and Counties, be en-
titled to the pro rata portion of said funds, of said cities, Towns and Coun-
ties as the value of all taxable properties of said Hospital District is to the
total taxable value of all the taxable properties of said City, Town or
County.
Inspection of district
Sec. 35. The Hospital District established or maintained under the
provisions of this Act shall be subject to inspection by any duly authorized
representative of the State Board of Health or any State Board of Chari-
ties (or Public Welfare) now existing or as may hereafter be created, and
resident officers shall admit such representatives into all Hospital District
facilities and give them access on demand to all records, reports, books,
papers and accounts pertaining to the Hospital District.
Medical and hospital care assumed by the district; delinquent
taxes owed to the cities and counties
Sec. 36. No county, any portion of which has been constituted a
Hospital District, and no City, any portion of which is within the bound-
aries of said Hospital District shall thereafter levy any tax for hospital
purposes on any properties within said Hospital District and such Hospital
District shall be deemed to have assumed full responsibility for the fur-
nishing of medical and hospital care for the needy and indigent persons
residing in said Hospital District from the date that taxes are collected
for the Hospital District.
That portion of the delinquent taxes owed by Cities and Counties on
levies for present city and county Hospital systems under Acts, Forty-
eighth Legislature, 1943, Chapter 383, page 691, shall continue to be paid
to the Hospital District by the City and County as collected and in the
same proportion that a portion of a City and/or a portion of a county is
included in said Hospital District, and applied by the Hospital District
to the purposes for which such taxes originally were levied.
Patients; inquiry as to ability to pay; liability of relatives
Sec. 37. Whenever a patient has been admitted to the facilities of the
Hospital District from the area of the said Hospital District, the Admin-
istrator shall cause inquiry to be made as to his circumstances, and of the
relatives of such patient legally liable for his support. If he finds that
such patient or said relatives are liable to pay for his care and treatment
in whole or in part, an order shall be made directing such patient or such
relative, to pay to the Treasurer of the Hospital District for the support
of such patient a specified sum per week, in proportion to the financial
ability, but such sum shall not exceed the actual per capita cost of main-
tenance. The Administrator shall have power and authority to collect
such sum from the estate of the patient, or his relatives legally liable for
his support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Third Called Session of the Fifty-Seventh Legislature and the Regular Session of the Fifty-Eighth Legislature, legislative document, 1963; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221759/m1/1550/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.