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2021 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 2 - Health
Subtitle C - Programs Providing Health Care Benefits and Services
Chapter 61 - Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act
Subchapter B. County Responsibility for Persons Not Residing in an Area Served by a Public Hospital or Hospital District
Section 61.035. Limitation of County Liability
Universal Citation: TX Health & Safety Code § 61.035 (2021)
Sec. 61.035. LIMITATION OF COUNTY LIABILITY. 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.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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