HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES
SUBTITLE C. LOCAL HOSPITALS
CHAPTER 261. MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS
SUBCHAPTER A. TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES
Sec. 261.001. REGULATION OF HOSPITALS BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:
(1) construct or establish one or more hospitals and control and regulate those hospitals; and
(2) prohibit or permit and regulate the establishment of private hospitals.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.