Section 1-1001 - Hospitals and facilities for care of sick(a) A county or municipality may establish a hospital or other facility for the care of the sick by: (1) building or contracting for the use of a facility; or(2) joining with another county or municipality to establish a joint facility.(b) A county or municipality may recover the expenses incurred by a hospital or another facility in caring for a patient who is not indigent: (1) from the patient, within 3 years after the patient is discharged from the facility; or(2) from the estate of the patient, if the patient dies in the facility.Revised and recodified by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 119,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2013.