Travis County Healthcare District, doing business as Central Health, is the hospital district of

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in the

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. Its headquarters are in

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. It was established after an election on May 15, 2004, in which 31,920 Travis County voters voted in favor of creating the

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; the measure passed as the voters made up 54.73% of people who voted. Originally it was legally named Travis County Hospital District, but it took its current legal name in 2006. It acquired ownership of the previously municipally owned

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in 2004. Brackenridge closed in 2017 and was replaced by Dell Seton Medical Center. The land of Brackenridge is owned by the

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, and Central Health leases the land and subleases it to

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, which owns and operates the hospital itself.

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