2000 Minnesota Statutes

     376.09 Aid to hospitals in counties having no county 
  hospital. 

    In any county in which there is no county hospital, the 
 county board may appropriate and pay money from the general fund 
 of the county, for the construction, maintenance, and operation 
 of a private, nonprofit, or public hospital in the county for 
 the treatment of sick, diseased, and injured persons.  Admission 
 preference shall always be given to patients who are, in whole 
 or in part, public charges, and are sent to the hospital by the 
 county board. 

    HIST: (683) 1913 c 123 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1989 c 92 s 1