Texas § HS.552.012 - CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS

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§ HS.552.012. CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS

CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF PATIENTS. (a) A patient is classified as either indigent or nonindigent. (b) An indigent patient is a patient who: (1) possesses no property; (2) has no person legally responsible for the patient's support; and (3) is unable to reimburse the state for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment. (c) A nonindigent patient is a patient who: (1) possesses property from which the state may be reimbursed for the costs of the patient's support, maintenance, and treatment; or (2) has a person legally responsible for the patient's support. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

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