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On Motion by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Mc - Cullers, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: RESOLUTION No. 66-25 Regarding HOSPITAL SERVICE FOR THE INDIGENT WHEREAS, Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, creates 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 appropriates funds for the administration of this program and for the purpose of allotting State funds to each County in proportion to its population to augment County funds which may be provided for these purposes; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.08 (2), supra, authorizes each Board of County Commiss- ioners or their local official agency of this State to budget for and provide County funds as may be necessary to match, on a formula basis, the County's part of the cost of this program; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.06 (2) (6), supra, provides that the financial partici- 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, Indian WHEREAS, the estimated population of River County for the current year made by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State is 31,800 inhabitants; naw, therefore, Indian BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Rive r County meeting Vero in Beach , Florida, this 8th day of June , 1956 , that effective October 1, 196 ci County participate in said State-wide program, designed to provide "Hospital Service for the indigent" as provided by Chapter 401, supra, and for these purposes there is hereby established as an item in the County Budget the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" in the amount of $21,293 which amount is not less than fifty cents ($.50) per capita of County Funds based on the above es - Indian timated population of River County; and, Indian BE ET FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "River County 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 ill 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 (50 per capita) $ 15,900.00 S. State Matching Funds 5,393.00 Total County Indigent Hospitalization7Fund $ 21,293.00 gOOX 9 PAGE 633 JUN R1966