Section 34-22-15 - Institutional care and treatment of tuberculosis--State funds used forpayment. - South Dakota Statutes

34-22-15. Institutional care and treatment of tuberculosis--State funds used for payment. The State Department of Health shall have the power and authority, and it shall be the duty of such department, to arrange for the care on a contractual basis of tuberculous persons in South Dakota, without regard to residence or means tests, at public or private medical installations, within or outside the state, at which care may be provided and paid for by the state after any insurance, worker's compensation, retirement plan, or other benefits accruing to the patient shall have been exhausted; provided, however, that this section shall not be deemed to preclude supplementation by state funds of such other sources of benefits prior to the exhaustion of the latter.

Source: SL 1963, ch 380, § 5 (2).