Section 262.0335 - Liability Of Certain Municipal Hospital Authorities Under Contract For Sale Of Hospital(a) This section applies only to a municipal hospital authority wholly located in a county with a population of less than 70,000. (b) A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority waives governmental immunity to suit for the purpose of adjudicating a claim for breach of the contract. (c) For a breach of contract claim described by Subsection (b), a claimant may not be awarded: (1) a total amount that exceeds the amount due and owed by the municipal hospital authority under the contract; or (2) consequential or exemplary damages. (d) A municipal hospital authority that enters into a contract to sell a hospital owned by the authority may indemnify the purchaser of the hospital according to the terms of the contract. Tex. Health and Safety Code § 262.0335
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 111,Sec. 1, eff. 5/23/2023.