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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 262.0335. Liability of Certain Municipal Hospital Authorities Under Contract for Sale of Hospital

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) This section applies only to a municipal hospital authority wholly located in a county with a population of less than 70,000.

(b) A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority waives governmental immunity to suit for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of the contract.

(c) For a breach of contract claim described by Subsection (b), a claimant may not be awarded:

(1) a total amount that exceeds the amount due and owed by the municipal hospital authority under the contract;  or

(2) consequential or exemplary damages.

(d) A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority may indemnify the purchaser of the hospital according to the terms of the contract.

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