§ 1-1001. Hospitals and facilities for care of sick

   (a) Establishment authorized. -- A county or municipality may establish a hospital or other facility for the care of the sick by:

   (1) building or contracting for the use of a facility; or

   (2) joining with another county or municipality to establish a joint facility.

(b) Recovery of expenses incurred in patient care. -- A county or municipality may recover the expenses incurred by a hospital or another facility in caring for a patient who is not indigent:

   (1) from the patient, within 3 years after the patient is discharged from the facility; or

   (2) from the estate of the patient, if the patient dies in the facility.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 25, § 252; 2013, ch. 119, § 2.