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TX Health & Safety Code § 263.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.021. Establishing or Enlarging Hospital on Petition; Submission of Bond Proposition

Sec. 263.021.  ESTABLISHING OR ENLARGING HOSPITAL ON PETITION;  SUBMISSION OF BOND PROPOSITION.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county may establish a county hospital or any medical or other health facility or enlarge an existing hospital or facility for the care and treatment of persons who are sick or injured in accordance with this subchapter.(b)  Ten percent or more of the qualified property taxpaying voters of a county may petition the commissioners court of the county to establish or enlarge a county hospital or any medical or other health facility.(c)  A petition may not be presented to the commissioners court during the 12-month period succeeding the date on which a petition under this section was last presented to the court unless the county does not own a hospital.(d)  On proper petition, the commissioners court shall, within the period designated in the petition, submit to the qualified voters of the county at a special or regular election the proposition of issuing bonds in the amount designated in the petition to establish or enlarge the hospital or facility.(e)  The commissioners court may not submit to the voters a bond proposition to establish or enlarge a county hospital or facility more than twice during any 12-month period.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.022. Powers and Duties of Commissioners Court After Passage of Bond Proposition

Sec. 263.022.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONERS COURT AFTER PASSAGE OF BOND PROPOSITION.  (a)  If a bond proposition under Section 263.021 is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the election, the commissioners court of the county shall establish or enlarge a hospital or medical or other health facility as provided in the proposition and maintain the hospital or facility.(b)  In establishing, enlarging, or maintaining a hospital or facility, the commissioners court may:(1)  purchase or lease real or personal property or acquire real property and easements to real property by condemnation; (2)  purchase or construct any necessary buildings; (3)  make necessary improvements, repairs, and alterations to an existing building; (4)  impose property taxes in the county for all necessary expenditures related to the hospital or facility, including maintenance expenses; (5)  issue county bonds to provide funds to establish, enlarge, and equip the hospital or facility or make any necessary permanent improvements in connection with the hospital or facility;  and(6)  accept and hold a grant or devise of land or a gift or bequest of money or personal property in trust for the county and apply the principal or income, or both, for the benefit of the hospital or facility and in accordance with the terms of the gift.(c)  Subject to this chapter, the commissioners court may purchase or lease real or personal property, or both, in an adjacent county if the court considers the purchase or lease necessary for hospital purposes.  The commissioners court may not acquire real property in an adjacent county by condemnation.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.023. Construction of Hospital to Avoid Inadequate Care in Certain Counties

Sec. 263.023.  CONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL TO AVOID INADEQUATE CARE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county shall provide for the construction of a county hospital if:(1)  the county has a municipality with more than 10,000 inhabitants as ascertained by the court in the manner determined by a resolution of the court;  and(2)  the county does not have a county hospital or the county hospital is inadequate.(b)  The commissioners court shall provide for the construction of the hospital within six months after the date the number of inhabitants of the municipality exceeds 10,000 except that the executive commissioner may, for good cause, extend this period.(c)  The hospital must have a room or ward for the care of confinement cases and a room or ward for the temporary care of persons suffering from mental or nervous disease.(d)  The hospital must have separate buildings for persons suffering from tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.(e)  Sufficient accommodations shall be added to the hospital as needed to take care of persons in the county who are sick or injured.(f)  If adequate funds for the issuance of county warrants and scrip for the construction of the hospital are not available from the county, the commissioners court shall submit, either at a special election called for the purpose or at a regular election, the proposition of the issuance of county bonds for the construction of the hospital.  If the proposition is not approved by a majority vote at the election, the court shall, on petition of 10 percent or more of the qualified voters of the county, resubmit the proposition.(g)  A petition may not be presented to the commissioners court if a petition has been presented to the court in the preceding 12 months.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0823, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.024. Hospital Revenue Bonds

Sec. 263.024.  HOSPITAL REVENUE BONDS.  (a)  A county may issue revenue bonds for:(1)  acquiring, constructing, repairing, equipping, or renovating buildings and improvements for county hospital purposes;  or(2)  acquiring land for county hospital purposes.(b)  The county may issue bonds to refund previously issued revenue bonds.(c)  The revenue bonds shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of all or a part of the revenues of the county derived from the operation of the hospital.  The bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage or deed of trust lien on all or part of the county's hospital property.(d)  The revenue bonds must be issued in accordance with Sections 264.042-264.047(a), 264.048, and 264.049, and with the effect specified by Section 264.050.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.025. Hospital Operating Funds Used for Improvements in Counties of 24,500 to 25,500

Sec. 263.025.  HOSPITAL OPERATING FUNDS USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN COUNTIES OF 24,500 TO 25,500.  The commissioners court of a county with a population of 24,500 to 25,500 may use excess money in the county hospital operating fund for making permanent improvements to the county hospital and for the payment of county bonds issued for the construction and improvement of a county hospital facility.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 71, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.027. Approval of Construction or Repair

Sec. 263.027.  APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR.  If requested by the commissioners court of a county, the executive commissioner must approve plans for the construction, alteration, or repair of a hospital or facility under this chapter before the construction, alteration, or repair may begin.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0824, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.028. Contract for Care

Sec. 263.028.  CONTRACT FOR CARE.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county that does not have a municipality with a population of more than 10,000 may contract with a hospital in the county, an incorporated society or municipality in the county that maintains a hospital, or an adjacent county for the care of residents of the county who are sick or injured.(b)  The term of the contract may not exceed one year.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.030. Closing of Hospital

Sec. 263.030.  CLOSING OF HOSPITAL.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county by order on terms it considers reasonable may close a hospital or medical facility constructed, purchased, or acquired under this chapter.(b)  The order is final 30 days after the date of adoption unless at least 10 percent of the qualified voters in the county petition the commissioners court requesting an election to determine whether the hospital or facility should be closed.(c)  On proper petition, the commissioners court shall set a time for an election and shall submit to the qualified voters of the county ballots providing for voting for or against the proposition: "The closing of (name of hospital or facility to be closed)."|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter B. Establishing, Enlarging, Selling, and Closing County Hospitals|Section 263.031. Closing Part of Hospital

Sec. 263.031.  CLOSING PART OF HOSPITAL.  A county may close a part of a county hospital.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.041. Appointment of Board of Managers

Sec. 263.041.  APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county shall appoint at least six but not more than 12 residents of the county as the board of managers of a county hospital or medical or other health facility after the court acquires the site for the hospital and awards the contracts for the buildings and improvements necessary for the hospital.(b)  A manager is appointed for a term of two years except that the commissioners court may set the terms of the initial managers at less than two years so that as close as possible to one-half of the managers' terms expire each year.(c)  An appointment to fill a vacancy is for the unexpired term.(d)  A vacancy is created if a manager misses three consecutive board meetings unless the board takes formal action to excuse the absences.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.042. Operation of Board of Managers

Sec. 263.042.  OPERATION OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.  (a)  The board of managers shall elect from among its members a president, at least one vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer.(b)  The county judge of the county in which the hospital is located may vote to break a tie vote by the board of managers.(c)  The board of managers shall meet at the hospital at least once a month and may meet at other times as provided by its bylaws.(d)  The board of managers shall hold an annual meeting before the beginning of the third week preceding the date of the meeting of the commissioners court at which the court considers appropriations for the following year.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.043. Compensation and Expenses of Board of Managers

Sec. 263.043.  COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.  (a)  The commissioners court may provide hospitalization insurance as compensation for the services of the board of managers.(b)  The commissioners court shall pay and audit, in the same manner as other expenses of the hospital, the managers' actual and necessary traveling and other expenses within this state.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.044. Tort Claims Payments

Sec. 263.044.  TORT CLAIMS PAYMENTS.  A member of the board of managers is a county officer for purposes of Chapter 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.045. Removal of Manager

Sec. 263.045.  REMOVAL OF MANAGER.  After citation, the commissioners court may, at any time, remove a member of the board of managers from office for cause.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.046. General Powers and Duties of Board of Managers

Sec. 263.046.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF MANAGERS.  (a)  The board of managers shall generally manage and control the hospital, including:(1)  its buildings and grounds; (2)  its officers and employees; (3)  its patients;  and(4)  all matters relating to its government, discipline, contracts, and fiscal concerns.(b)  The board of managers may adopt rules it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the hospital.(c)  The board of managers shall maintain an effective inspection of the hospital and keep itself informed of the hospital's affairs and management.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.047. Salaries

Sec. 263.047.  SALARIES.  (a)  The board of managers shall determine the salaries of the officers and employees of the hospital, including the superintendent.(b)  The salaries may not exceed the appropriation made for the salaries by the commissioners court.(c)  The salaries are full compensation for all services rendered.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.048. Visiting Physicians

Sec. 263.048.  VISITING PHYSICIANS.  (a)  The board of managers shall appoint a staff of visiting physicians who visit and treat hospital patients at the request of the board or the superintendent.(b)  The physicians serve without pay from the county.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.049. Discharge of Patients

Sec. 263.049.  DISCHARGE OF PATIENTS.  (a)  The board of managers shall make the final disposition of a case concerning the discharge of a patient from the hospital.(b)  The decision of the board of managers regarding discharge of a patient may not be appealed.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.050. Dispensaries and Clinics

Sec. 263.050.  DISPENSARIES AND CLINICS.  (a)  The board of managers may establish and operate:(1)  an outpatient department or a free dispensary and clinic at the hospital or in the municipality located nearest the hospital;  and(2)  a branch dispensary or clinic in a municipality that is located in the county and that has 5,000 or more inhabitants.(b)  The board of managers shall appoint a physician to serve at the dispensary or clinic, determine the time that the physician is required to spend at the dispensary or clinic, and fix the salary, if any, of the physician.(c)  The board of managers shall appoint a trained visiting nurse to serve in connection with the dispensary or clinic and the hospital.  The board shall fix the salary of the nurse within the limits of the appropriation made for the salary by the commissioners court.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.051. School for Children Having Tuberculosis

Sec. 263.051.  SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN HAVING TUBERCULOSIS.  (a)  The board of managers may establish a special and separate school for the education, care, and treatment of children having tuberculosis.(b)  The school may be located at the hospital, in the municipality nearest the hospital, or in the largest municipality in the county.(c)  The school shall be conducted as a branch of the hospital and the children at the school are patients of the hospital and subject to this chapter.(d)  The board of managers shall employ a specially qualified teacher to instruct and care for the children of the school.(e)  The board of managers shall assign the superintendent of the hospital, a member of the staff of visiting physicians, or a physician serving a county dispensary or shall employ a physician to attend the children of the school and to supervise their care and treatment.(f)  The board of managers shall assign a nurse from the hospital or a visiting nurse or shall employ a nurse to assist in the care and treatment of the children of the school.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.052. Contract for Care by Board

Sec. 263.052.  CONTRACT FOR CARE BY BOARD.  The board of managers may contract for the care of a person who is sick or injured and who applies to the hospital for admission.  The board may contract for this care with:(1)  a hospital in the county;  or(2)  an incorporated society or municipality in the county that maintains a hospital.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter C. Board of Managers|Section 263.053. Records

Sec. 263.053.  RECORDS.  (a)  The board of managers shall keep a proper record of its proceedings in a book provided for that purpose.  The record must be open for inspection at all times to the board, the commissioners court, and any resident of the county.(b)  The board of managers shall certify all bills and accounts, including salaries and wages, and transmit them to the commissioners court, which shall provide for their payment in the same manner that other charges against the county are paid.(c)  The board of managers shall report to the commissioners court annually, and at other times as directed by the court, on the details of the operation during the year of the hospital dispensaries and school for children suffering from tuberculosis.  The report must contain:(1)  the number of patients admitted and the methods and result of their treatment, together with suitable recommendations and other material required by the court;  and(2)  full and detailed estimates of the appropriations required during the following year for all purposes, including maintenance, building construction, repairs, renewals, extensions, and improvements.(d)  The board of managers shall incorporate into its report to the commissioners court the accounts and records prepared by the superintendent of the hospital under Section 263.077.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter D. Superintendent|Section 263.071. Appointment of Superintendent

Sec. 263.071.  APPOINTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT.  (a)  The board of managers shall appoint a superintendent of the hospital who holds office at the pleasure of the board.(b)  The superintendent may not be a member of the board of managers and must be a qualified practitioner of medicine or be specially trained for the work of a superintendent.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 263.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 4 - Health Facilities|Subtitle C - Local Hospitals|Chapter 263 - County Hospitals and Other Health Facilities|Subchapter D. Superintendent|Section 263.072. Role of Superintendent

Sec. 263.072.  ROLE OF SUPERINTENDENT.  (a)  The superintendent is the chief executive officer of the hospital.(b)  The superintendent is subject to the bylaws and rules of the hospital and to the board of managers.(c)  The board of managers shall determine the amount of time that a superintendent must spend at the hospital in the performance of the superintendent's duties.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|