P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 61
The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to use the hospitals, medical centers, health centers, rest homes, dispensaries, clinics and other health institutions owned by the Commonwealth and its municipalities, to provide medical-hospital services in the same quantity, variety and quality for every person, regardless of his financial condition, race, color, origin, and religious or political belief.
The Secretary of Health shall establish, with the advice of the Health Coordination Council, the Director of Management and Budget, and in agreement with the municipal governments, the administrative procedures and systems needed to:
(a) Determine and fix the reasonable charges for the medical-hospital services in all the health institutions owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its municipalities.
(b) The partial or total payment, as required in each case, of the reasonable charge, as fixed for each health institution, for the medical-hospital services provided to each person or family whose annual income and other resources are greater than those established by the Secretaries of Health and of the Family, to determine whether persons or families are eligible to request and receive these services chargeable to public funds, or who have some kind of health insurance.
(c) Enter into agreements with labor organizations or unions to render medical-hospital services to workers affiliated to said organizations or unions at health institutions owned by the Commonwealth, and to charge reasonable fees for said services.
History —June 21, 1969, No. 56, p. 100, § 1; June 28, 1978, No. 82, p. 262, § 1; June 13, 1980, No. 132, p. 491, § 1.