Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5325 – Liability for maintenance of patient; collection remedies; indigent …
(a) Any patient or person committed or admitted to the Center shall at all times be liable for the care, maintenance and support furnished to and received by any such person while a patient of the Center. Nothing in this section shall relieve from liability for the support of any such patient any person liable under any law of this State.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5325
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Department of Health and Social Services may collect from any such patient or out of the property, moneys and effects of any such person all moneys necessary to discharge and pay all liability of such patient for the patient’s care, maintenance and support.
(c) The Department of Health and Social Services may also proceed for the recovery of the moneys necessary for care, maintenance and support in an action to be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the Department, for the use of the Governor Bacon Health Center.
(d) The expenses of the care, treatment and maintenance of any indigent person admitted to the emergency hospital facilities of the Center shall be paid by the State Treasurer.
Code 1935, § ?3100I; 46 Del. Laws, c. 188, § ?2; 46 Del. Laws, c. 311, § ?1; 16 Del. C. 1953, § ?5325; 57 Del. Laws, c. 228, § ?8; 58 Del. Laws, c. 153; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;