- (a) The district may provide for the establishment of a hospital or hospital system to provide medical and hospital care to the district's needy residents.
(b) The hospital system may include:
- (1) facilities and equipment for domiciliary care and treatment of sick, injured, or geriatric patients;
- (2) outpatient clinics;
- (3) rural health clinics;
- (4) convalescent home facilities;
- (5) assisted living or personal care facilities;
- (6) physicians' offices;
- (7) home health care services;
- (8) durable medical equipment;
- (9) long-term care;
- (10) skilled nursing care;
- (11) intermediate nursing care;
- (12) hospice care;
- (13) community mental health centers;
- (14) alcohol or chemical dependency centers; and
- (15) any other facilities or equipment the board considers necessary for hospital purposes.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.