(a) The district has the responsibility to establish a hospital or hospital system, including medical facilities and other health facilities, within its boundaries to provide hospital and medical care to the district's residents.(b) The district shall provide for:(1) the establishment of a hospital system by:(A) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment; and(B) equipping the buildings; and(2) the administration of buildings and equipment for hospital and medical care purposes.(c) The hospital system may include:(1) facilities for domiciliary care of the sick, injured, or geriatric;(2) outpatient clinics;(3) dispensaries;(4) convalescent home facilities;(5) necessary nurses' domiciliaries;(6) training centers;(7) training facilities for doctors and nurses and for other health care disciplines;(8) blood banks;(9) community mental health centers;(10) research centers or laboratories;(11) parking; and(12) any other facilities the board considers necessary for a hospital or hospital system and a medical facility or other health facility included in the hospital or hospital system.

(11) parking; and(12) any other facilities the board considers necessary for a hospital or hospital system and a medical facility or other health facility included in the hospital or hospital system. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.