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Indigents

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KP-0059
Ken Paxton

County indigent health care, commissioners court authority to adopt eligibility requirements

GA-0198
Greg Abbott

Insurance, a hospital district or the private entity that contracts with a district to provide indigent health care may not require an uninsured applicant, as a prerequisite to receiving the care, to obtain|Indigent health care, a hospital district or the private entity that contracts with a district to provide may not require an uninsured applicant to obtain insurance as a prerequisite to receiving the care|Indigent health care, a hospital district or the private entity that contracts with a district to provide may not require an uninsured applicant to obtain insurance as a prerequisite to receiving the care because to do so would be stricter than the Depart

GA-0353
Greg Abbott

Operating funds for indigent medical care services, county must transfer to newly created hospital district|Where newly created hospital district does not comprise the entire county and where the statute does not provide formula by which to apportion operating funds for indigent medical care services between county and newly created hospital district, determination of method of allocation lies with the discretion of the commissioners court, subject to judicial review|Discretion

DM-0037
Dan Morales

Dental clinic, whether hospital district may close and financial responsibility for indigent dental care after closing

DM-0225
Dan Morales

Jail inmates not residents of county of incarceration, hospital district or public hospital service area (or county) of residence responsible for health care|Jail inmates who are indigent residents of county of incarceration, health care is responsibility of hospital district of county of incarceration

DM-0380
Dan Morales

Inmate of county jail, responsibility of hospital district to provide health care for|Inmate of county jail, allocation of responsibility to provide health care for|Health care for indigent inmate, responsibility to provide|Health care, allocation of responsibility to provide for indigent inmate of county jail|Indigent inmates, duty to provide health care for

JC-0220
John Cornyn

Hospital district, closure of district hospital does not relieve hospital district of its liability to provide hospital and medical care|Lease, hospital authorized to lease hospital facilities to private entity for operation of clinic to provide medical care to the district's needy inhabitants|Maintenance and operation tax, hospital district may continue to levy and use proceeds to pay expenses for indigent hospital and medical care after closing hospital|Indigent hospital and medical care, closure of district hospital does not relieve hospital district of its liability to provide|Dissolution election, special law hospital district not authorized to hold|Closure, hospital district authorized to close hospital|Maintenance and operation expenses|Hospital district may levy and use proceeds of maintenance and operation tax to pay expenses for indigent hospital and medical care

KP-0285
Ken Paxton

Under Transportation Code section 502.010, a county may refuse to register a vehicle for failure to pay a fine or other specified county debt or for failure to appear regardless of whether a county has an information sharing contract with the Department of Motor Vehicles.