(a) The department may enter into an agreement with an agency of another state responsible for the care of residents of that state who have tuberculosis under which:
(1) residents of the other state who have tuberculosis may be admitted to a public health hospital, subject to the availability of appropriate space after the needs of eligible tuberculosis and chronic respiratory disease patients who are residents of this state have been met; and
(2) the other state is responsible for paying all costs of the hospitalization and treatment of patients admitted under the agreement.
(b) § 13.041 does not apply to the return of a nonresident patient admitted to a public health hospital in accordance with an agreement entered into under this section. The return of that patient to the state of residence is governed by the agreement.