Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 5326. Resident and nonresident pay patient; contracts
Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(a) The Department of Health and Social Services may receive any person from any other state who is able to pay for the person's care, maintenance and support and who is otherwise eligible for admission to the Center under this chapter and in accordance with the rules and regulations governing admissions to the Center.
(b) The Department may also receive into the Center any person eligible for admission thereto who is a resident of this State and who is able to pay for the person's care, maintenance and support.
(c) The Department may make contracts in relation to the care, maintenance and support and may recover from the person with whom it contracts or from the person admitted the compensation agreed upon, or, in case no certain compensation was agreed upon, then it may recover a reasonable compensation in an action to be brought in the name of the Department for the use of the Governor Bacon Health Center.
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