(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.(b) The hospital system may include:(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;(2) facilities for outpatient clinics;(3) dispensaries;(4) convalescent home facilities;(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries and training centers;(6) blood banks;(7) community mental health centers;(8) research centers or laboratories; and(9) any other facilities the board considers necessary for hospital care. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.02, eff. April 1, 2009.
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