(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 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 the hospital system for hospital and medical care purposes.(c) 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 medical and hospital care. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2011.