POLICIES OR RULES ON INDIGENT HEALTH CARE.
Tex. SPEC. DIST. LOCAL LAWS Code § 1059.115.
in effect(a) The district may adopt, amend, or repeal policies or rules relating to indigent health care that include:
(1) eligibility of patients for indigent health care;
(2) application forms for patients or relatives of patients requesting indigent health care that may require personal and financial information to be furnished;
(3) procedures for obtaining and completing applications for indigent health care and for filing the completed applications with the district;
(4) procedures for reviewing applications to determine eligibility for indigent health care; and
(5) other procedures provided by this section and Section 1059.116 .
(b) The application procedure to determine eligibility for indigent health care must be adopted not later than the beginning of each operating year and must comply with Chapter 61 , Health and Safety Code.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166 ), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.