Pennsylvania Act 1939-194 — CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CARE IN THIRD CLASS COUNTIES

Act text

CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CARE IN THIRD CLASS COUNTIES
                 Act of Jun. 12, 1939, P.L. 337, No. 194              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing counties of the third class to enter into agreements
        with certain hospitals for the care of contagious disease
        cases; and authorizing such counties to make appropriations
        therefor.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The board of commissioners of any county of the
     third class is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with
     general hospitals within its boundaries for the care of indigent
     and part-pay patients affected with contagious diseases,
     provided such hospitals have a rating of class A, are
     nonsectarian, operated on a nonprofit basis, and definitely
     provide free care for the indigent within their zone of
     influence.
        The board of commissioners of any such county is hereby
     authorized and empowered, with the approval of the court of
     common pleas of the county, to appropriate money to such
     hospitals for the construction and equipping of buildings, wings
     or units for the care, isolation and treatment of contagious
     disease cases and may include in such appropriations, items with
     reference to the maintenance, operation, depreciation,
     obsolescence and division of overhead costs incurred therein, as
     determined by agreement between such hospitals and the board of
     commissioners of any such county.
        Section 2.  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     are hereby repealed.
        Section 3.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     final enactment.