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EXHIBIT B RESOLUT 1 ON 69-37 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.,hospitalizatlon for acutely 111 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)1 supra, authorizes each Board of County Commissioners 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'partof.the cost.of this program; and, WHEREAS; Section 4O1.O6(2)(a), supra, provides that the financial participation required of each County each year shall be equal to at least,one-half:lol ar #or 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 In ciaM Tiver County for,the current year made by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this -State is ..”1, 50 0 inhabitants; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of. County Commissioners.of i'n d ai Wi✓er County.meeting in 1/erd.Beach , Florida, this 9 day of v Vtj , 1969, that effective Oct. 0169, County participate.ln 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 " jr dam ?titer -County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" in the amount of $ 2455 tD, ,which amount i s not.il ess than fifty cents ($.5O) -per capita of County Funds based on the above estimated population of• h dia„ Rlyer County; and,. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "l.pd an iVer 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 (5OC per capita) B. State Matching Funds. Total County Indigent Hospitalization Fund JUL 9 196 17, 250, 00 3, 3 04. 00 20,55.00 uJuK 12 P ^E234