1. (a) A patient is classified as either indigent or nonindigent.

2. (b) An indigent patient is a patient who:

   1. (1) possesses no property;
   2. (2) has no person legally responsible for the patient's support; and
   3. (3) is unable to reimburse the state for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment.

3. (c) A nonindigent patient is a patient who:

   1. (1) possesses property from which the state may be reimbursed for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment; or
   2. (2) has a person legally responsible for the patient's support.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.