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Health and Safety Code §61.029

In force on Sep 01, 2009 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2009 · same as today's text

PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES

(a) A county may arrange to provide health care services through a local health department, a publicly owned facility, or a contract with a private provider regardless of the provider's location, or through the purchase of insurance for eligible residents. (b) The county may affiliate with other governmental entities or with a public hospital or hospital district to provide regional administration and delivery of health care services. (c) A county may provide or arrange to provide health care services for eligible county residents through the purchase of health coverage or other health benefits, including benefits described by Chapter 75 .

History: Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 916 (H.B. 2963 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 2009 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0652 (Feb 04, 2008): Whether a county's alleged underpayment to indigent health care providers is an unconstitutional debt for purposes of article XI, section 7 of the Texas Constitution

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