Methodist Medical Center v. Ingram

This appeal arises from a decision of the circuit court of Tazewell County. At issue is the operation of the local-aid-to-the-medically-indigent act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 23, par. 7 — 1 et seq.), an act which requires townships and other local governmental units to give financial aid to meet the cost of necessary and proper medical care rendered to certain, eligible persons. The issue arose in the following factual setting.

On December 26, 1977, Robert L. Hunt III, while in the jurisdiction of Groveland Township, Tazewell County, Illinois, became in need of medical services and…