A law passed by the First Called Special Session of the 69th Legislature in 1985 defines who is indigent; assigns responsibilities for indigent health care; identifies health care services eligible people can receive; and establishes a state fund to match expenditures for counties that exceed certain spending levels and meet state requirements. The law is intended to ensure that needy Texas residents, who do not qualify for other state or federal medical assistance programs, receive health care services.
For many years Tom Green County government, local taxpayers, and the Department of State Health Services were burdened with the rising cost of indigent health care
Texas County Progress
The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
