2005 Minnesota Statutes - 376.09 — Hospital aid by county with leased or no county hospital.

     376.09 Hospital aid by county with leased or no county 
  hospital. 


    In any county in which there is no county hospital, or a 
 county hospital is leased to a nonprofit or governmental 
 hospital organization pursuant to section 376.06, subdivision 1, 
 or 447.47, the county board may appropriate and pay money from 
 the general fund of the county, for the construction, 
 maintenance, and operation of a private, nonprofit, or public 
 hospital in the county for the treatment of sick, diseased, and 
 injured persons.  Admission preference shall always be given to 
 patients who are, in whole or in part, public charges, and are 
 sent to the hospital by the county board. 


    HIST: (683) 1913 c 123 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1989 c 92 s 1; 
 2001 c 214 s 9