71-3610. Commitment; treatment; expenses; payment by state.
The expenses incurred in the care, maintenance, and treatment of patients committed under the Tuberculosis Detection and Prevention Act shall be paid from state funds appropriated to the department for the purpose of entering into agreements with qualified health care facilities so as to provide for the care, maintenance, and treatment of such patients and those other persons having communicable tuberculosis who voluntarily agree to and accept care and treatment.
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