Texas Special District Local Laws Code 1069.116 – Payment for Treatment; Procedures
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(a) When a patient who resides in the district is admitted to a district facility, the district administrator may have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:
(1) the patient; and
(2) the patient’s relatives legally liable for the patient’s support.
(b) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives cannot pay for all or part of the patient’s care and treatment in the hospital, the amount that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.
Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code 1069.116
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the patient’s care and treatment, the administrator shall issue an order directing the patient or those relatives to pay the district a specified amount during an agreed term for the patient’s care and support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to their financial ability.
(d) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient’s estate, or from those relatives legally liable for the patient’s support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.
(e) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator, the board shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:
(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and
(2) issue any appropriate order.
(f) The final order of the board may be appealed to the district court. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.