(a) The district shall provide for the establishment of a hospital system by:(1) purchasing, constructing, acquiring, repairing, or renovating buildings and equipment;(2) equipping the buildings; and(3) administering the buildings and equipment for hospital purposes.(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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.
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