1. (a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:

   1. (1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;
   2. (2) equipping the buildings; and
   3. (3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.

2. (b) The hospital system may include:

   1. (1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;
   2. (2) facilities for outpatient clinics;
   3. (3) dispensaries;
   4. (4) convalescent home facilities;
   5. (5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;
   6. (6) blood banks;
   7. (7) community mental health centers;
   8. (8) research centers or laboratories; and
   9. (9) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital care.

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