Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.040
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.040, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 13.040. EFFECT OF INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT.
Official statutory text
If an indigent or nonindigent public patient is eligible for health care assistance from a county hospital or public hospital under Chapter 61 (Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act), the state is entitled to reimbursement from that hospital for the treatment and support of the patient to the extent prescribed by that chapter.
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