Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.022
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 61.022, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 61.022. COUNTY OBLIGATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A county shall provide health care assistance as prescribed by this subchapter to each of its eligible county residents.
(b) The county is the payor of last resort and shall provide assistance only if other adequate public or private sources of payment are not available.
(b) The county is the payor of last resort and shall provide assistance only if other adequate public or private sources of payment are not available.
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