Sec. 1012.114.  FACILITIES OR SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED.  (a)  The district may:
(1)  purchase, construct, acquire, repair, renovate, equip, or administer the following types of facilities or services for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled:
(A)  a nursing home or similar long-term care facility;
(B)  elderly housing;
(C)  assisted living;
(D)  home health;
(E)  personal care;
(F)  special care; or
(G)  continuing care; and
(2)  purchase, acquire, repair, or equip durable medical equipment to provide services to persons who are elderly or disabled.
(b)  For a facility or service described by Subsection (a), the board may:
(1)  lease or enter into an operating or management agreement relating to all or part of a facility or service that is owned by the district;
(2)  close, transfer, sell, or otherwise convey all or part of a facility; and
(3)  discontinue all or part of a service.
(c)  The board may issue general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and other notes to acquire, construct, or improve a facility for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled or to implement the delivery of a service for the care of persons who are elderly or disabled.
(d)  For the purposes of this section, a facility or service described by Subsection (a) is a hospital project under Chapter 223, Health and Safety Code, notwithstanding Section 223.002 of that chapter.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 177 (S.B. 628), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2011.