If a welfare patient, who is not a district resident, is admitted to a district facility, the district may:

1. (1) seek reimbursement from the patient's county of residence; and
2. (2) sue for reimbursement.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.