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Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided March 12, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Mark H. Dettman Midland County Attorney P.O. Box 2559 Midland, Texas 79702

Re: Liability of a county for medical care of indigent inmates of a county jail

Dear Mr. Dettman:

You inquire about liability for medical treatment for nonresident indigent prisoners incarcerated in the Midland County jail. Specifically, you ask whether the term "welfare patient" as used in the act creating the Midland County Hospital District includes nonresident indigent prisoners incarcerated in the county jail when the prisoners' residences are in areas not served by a hospital district. We conclude that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Parshall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Hines v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1974
  3. Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. American Canal Co. of Texas v. Dow Chemical Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1964
  5. Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. W. A. Kelso Building Material Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1952

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