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A • EXHIBIT B RESOLUTION Regarding HOSPITAL SERVICE FOR THE INDIGENT WHEREAS, Chapter 401. Florida Statutescreates a program known as "Hospital Service for the Indigent" for.the purpose of providing essential hospitalization for acutely ill or injured persons In this State who are medically indigent; and. WHEREAS, the Legislature Ipprc22±latesfinds for the'administration of this program and for the purpose of.allotting State funds to each Courityln proportion to its population to augment County funds whici, may be provided for these purposes; and, WHEREAS. Section 401.08 (2), supra, authlrizes each Board of County Commits - loners or their local official agency of this State •Ito budget for and provide County funds as may be necessary to match, on • formula basis. County's part of the cost of this program; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.06 (2) (a). supra.arovides that the financial . pation required of each County each year shall be,equal to at least one-half dollar . for each inhabitant of said County according to the estimate of the population of said County for such year by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State; and, WHEREAS, the estimated population of County for the current year made by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State is 31,200. inhabitants:mow. therefore,. Indian BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of River County meeting inVero. Beach • Florida. this 9th day of June 1965.that effective October 1, 1965 •County participate in said State-wide program, designed to provide "Hospital Service for the Indigent" as provided by Chapter 401, supra, and for tries, purposes there is hereby established es an item in the County Budget the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" In the amount of S20.777.0Pwhich amount is not less than fifty cents ($.50) per capita of County Funds based on the above es- timated population of Indian RiverDounty; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the " givdelarncou nty Indigent Hospitalization Fund" shall be administered as follows: 1. 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 111 or injured: 2. The Indigency or medical indigency of all recipients of hospitalization under this program will be determined through an investigation made by the County Health Department or its duly authorized representative, except that when it Is determined a patient is a recipient of benefits under the State Department of Welfare, no further check as to his indigency shall be necessary; *A. County Funds (500 per capita) $ 15.60B00 B. State Matching Funds 5,177.00 Total County Indigent Hospitalization'Fund $ 20.777,00 • t• bum pA&245