Texas Special District Local Laws Code 1109.113 – 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 shall have an inquiry made into the financial circumstances of:
(1) the patient; and
(2) the patient’s relatives legally responsible for the patient’s support.
(b) The district without charge shall provide to a patient who resides in the district the care and treatment for which the patient or those relatives cannot pay.
Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code 1109.113
- 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.
- 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
- Week: means seven consecutive days. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) 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 of the costs that cannot be paid becomes a charge against the district.
(d) If the district administrator determines that the patient or those relatives can pay for all or part of the care and treatment provided by the district, the district administrator shall report that determination to the board, and the board shall issue an order directing the patient or those relatives to pay the district a specified amount each week for the patient’s support. The amount ordered must be proportionate to the person‘s financial ability and may not exceed the actual per capita cost of maintenance.
(e) The district administrator may collect the amount from the patient’s estate, or from any relative legally responsible for the patient’s support, in the manner provided by law for the collection of expenses of the last illness of a deceased person.
(f) If there is a dispute as to the ability to pay, or doubt in the mind of the district administrator concerning the ability to pay, the county court shall hold a hearing and, after calling witnesses, shall:
(1) resolve the dispute or doubt; and
(2) issue any appropriate order.
(g) Either party to the dispute may appeal the order to the district court.