Document Citation: 16 P.S. § 2110

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 16. COUNTIES
CHAPTER 1. THE COUNTY CODE
ARTICLE XXI. PUBLIC HEALTH
(B) COUNTY AND JOINT COUNTY HOSPITALS

Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 2110. Expenses of maintenance, care and treatment

All expenses incident to the maintenance and operation of any county or joint county contagious disease hospitals, and of buildings, wings and units at general hospitals, erected and equipped for such diseases, under the provisions of this act, shall be paid by the county, or by the counties so joining, out of county funds in accordance with the agreement made between or among the participating counties, or between or among the county and any municipalities within the county, in the case of joint county hospitals, or of buildings, wings and units at general hospitals jointly agreed upon by counties under the provisions of this act. The county, or each county in the case of joint arrangements, shall separately be liable to pay the cost of the care and treatment of its indigent patients and those unable to pay the entire cost of care and treatment in such contagious disease hospitals, and in buildings, wings and units at general hospitals, and for such purposes any county, or the counties so joining, shall have power to appropriate county funds.