1. (a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.

2. (b) The district shall provide for:

   1. (1) the establishment of a hospital system by:

      1. (A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and
      2. (B) equipping the buildings; and
   2. (2) the administration of the hospital system for hospital and medical care purposes.

3. (c) 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 medical and hospital care.

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