Sec. 263.052.  CONTRACT FOR CARE BY BOARD.  The board of managers may contract for the care of a person who is sick or injured and who applies to the hospital for admission.  The board may contract for this care with:
(1)  a hospital in the county;  or
(2)  an incorporated society or municipality in the county that maintains a hospital.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.