Sec. 61.057.  MANDATED PROVIDER.  A public hospital may select one or more providers of health care services.  A public hospital may require eligible residents to obtain care from a mandated provider except:
(1)  in an emergency; 
(2)  when medically inappropriate;  or
(3)  when care is not available.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.