Shoplifting, Larceny, Robbery, Theft Question about Texas 31.04 (theft of services) -Health Care

[Bryan G]

Jurisdiction

Texas

If a patient was having a life threatening medical emergency such as a heart attack or a stroke and gets to the hospital by ambulance to get life saving treatment and the patient has no health insurance and has no money at all to pay the bill, are they guilty of a theft of services charge under Texas Penal Code 31.04?

 

[army judge]

If a patient was having a life threatening medical emergency such as a heart attack or a stroke and gets to the hospital by ambulance to get life saving treatment and the patient has no health insurance and has no money at all to pay the bill, are they guilty of a theft of services charge under Texas Penal Code 31.04?

In the abstract, probably not, but the entire fact pattern would be determinative.

 

[Highwayman]

If a patient was having a life threatening medical emergency such as a heart attack or a stroke and gets to the hospital by ambulance to get life saving treatment and the patient has no health insurance and has no money at all to pay the bill, are they guilty of a theft of services charge under Texas Penal Code 31.04?

As worded your question is a hypothetical one and really has no definitive answer.