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REAS, the est . a .<1 population of inri;lan River County for: the .current year made by the Bureau of Vital ,Statistics of this State BE IT RESOLVED : by the .ward. of County Cor Indian River County ;meeting in Vero Beach, Florida, this 8th d July, 1964, that effective October 1, 1964, Indian Raver County participate in said. State-wide .;program, d.esienedto provide "Hospital Service for the Indigent" as provided, by Chapter 401 supra, and for these purposes there is hereby establishedas an item in the County Budget the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund." i the amount of $20, 563.00, which amount is not less than fifty cents ($, 50) per capita of County Funds based on the above estimatedpopulation of Indian River County; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund. shall be administered, as follows: Expenditures from this fund will be made only for the provision of essential hospital care for indigent and. medically indigent residents of County who are acutely ill or injured: The indigency or medical indigency of all`recil hospitalization under this program will be determined through an investigation made by the County Health Department or its duly authorizedrepresentative, except that when it is determi.ned a patient is a recipient of benefits under the State Department of Welfare, no further check as to his indigency shall be necessary; A determination that the patient acutely ill or injuredand that hospitalization i essential to the patient's treatment will be made fOr each recipient of hospitalization under this pogr.m by as.ars, duly licensedto practice medicine this State; Authorizations for hospitalization under this `:progra shall be made by the Indian River County Health Department Payments for hospitalization from. the "Indian- River County ty Indigent Hospitalization . Fund"be limited to the non-profit basic cost to the hospital for providing essential hospital. care to ' the medically indigent patient;