Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 263.052

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The board of managers may contract for the care of a person who is sick or injured and who applies to the hospital for admission. The board may contract for this care with:
(1) a hospital in the county; or
(2) an incorporated society or municipality in the county that maintains a hospital.