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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 287.021. Creation by Concurrent Orders

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

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a county or hospital district and one or more other counties or hospital districts may create a health services district by adopting concurrent orders.

(b) A county or portion of a county that is in the boundaries of a hospital district may not be a party to the creation of a health services district or to a contract with a health services district.  The hospital district that serves the county or portion of the county may create and contract with the health services district for the boundaries of the hospital district.

(c) A concurrent order to create a health services district must:

(1) be approved by the governing body of each creating county and hospital district;

(2) contain identical provisions;  and

(3) define the boundaries of the district to be coextensive with the combined boundaries of each creating county and hospital district.

(d) A concurrent order to create a health services district adopted by a hospital district for which the tax rate is set by the commissioners court of the county in which the hospital district operates must be approved by the commissioners court of that county.

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