HAWKINS v. DALLAS COUNTY HOSP. DIST.

No. 03-03-00355-CV.

150 S.W.3d 535 (2004)

Albert HAWKINS, in his capacity as Commissioner of Health & Human Services; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; and the Texas Department of Health, Appellants, v. DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT d/b/a Parkland Health and Hospital System, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

April 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Seibert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Appellants.

Susan G. Conway, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Austin, J.D. Epstein, Allyson Hancock Kinzel, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices B.A. SMITH and PATTERSON.


OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we consider the rules and formulas used to reimburse Texas teaching hospitals for a portion of their annual costs of providing graduate medical education to resident physicians. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

BACKGROUND

The dispute in this case requires us to discern the intent of the legislature when it created statutory language concerning how to allocate particular...

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