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JUL� 5 1978 <br />a <br />�;....,..•.-.....�-•wv�Y+saes.s.�r.�+.++.•�.e......�....�.,.+orw .. - rsys.�wse <br />4u�GA284 <br />• <br />COUNTY ORGANIZATION) ETC. § 154.31 <br />,•ilii <br />154.306 Financial responsibility for out -of -county indigent patients treated <br />at a regional referral hospital <br />financial responsibility for treatment received at a regional referral <br />e trr <br />Ultimate <br />hospital by a certified indigent patient who is a resident of the State of Florida but is <br />not a resident of the county in which the regional referral hospital is located shall be <br />the of which the certified indigent patient is a resident. A <br />i :.. •: <br />�• ., : �-_ _ . <br />f,.;,o <br />the obligation of county <br />county's financial responsibility for each of its resident certified indigent patients <br />o �- <br />s �' ••; r..: -N i= +. , <br />receiving treatment at a regional referral hospital shall be limited to payment for 12 <br />da)s of services per admission, not to exceed 45 days per annum, at the per diem <br />j <br />' <br />reimbursement rate currently in effect for the regional referral hospital under the <br />aledical assistance program for the needy under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, <br />However, no, county shall be required to pay for services at a regional <br />as amended. <br />referral hospital when such services are available at a local hospital in the county <br />where the indigent resides, except that the county where the indigent resides shall, in <br />t <br />�•. <br />all instances be liable for the cost of treatment provided to said certified indigent ata <br />� <br />_ .. � .._ . i .• ,' y <br />� t-r;�`=_ `; <br />regional referral hospital for any emergency medical condition which will <br />deteriorate from failure to provide such treatment and when such condition is <br />:�:x.;:•t.=' <br />. s. <br />determined by the attending physician to be of an emergency nature. <br />Derivation <br />Laws 1977, c. 77455, $ 5. <br />154.308 Certification of indigency for the purpose of this act; rules <br />Not later than October 1, 1977, the department, in consultation with the Florida <br />(Association of County Welfare Executives, shall adopt rules which provide a <br />;-Y :• <br />statewide eligibility standard for certifying residents of each county as indigent for <br />ithe purposes of this act. These rules shall further provide that certification as <br />;.r•._r•,•. <br />indigent for the purposes of this act may occur either prior to a person's admission to <br />a regional referral hospital or subsequent to such admission, but in any event if a <br />_- °;; : = �'-�: `-• <br />determination of whether a patient meets or does not meet eligibility standards for <br />certification as indigent for the purpose of this act is not made within 30 days <br />(following notification to the county of residence of the patient's admission to a <br />'regional referral hospital, the patient shall be considered to have been a certified <br />indigent patient upon admission. A patient certified as indigent for the purpose of <br />this act subsequent to his or her admission to a regional referral hospital shall be <br />considered to have been certified upon admission. Such certification shall be made by <br />.t - <br />.` <br />a person designated by the board of county commissioners or, in the absence of such a <br />director the full time health unit. Furthermore, any <br />r,� k :,•c£ tib' <br />,��,hM�`�,'s°•��. <br />designated person, by the of <br />county may establish standards of eligibility which are less restrictive than the <br />4 <br />Standards adopted by the department under this section, and no county may <br />establish standards which are more restrictive than the standards adopted by the <br />'department under this section. _ <br />Derivation <br />Laws 1977, c. 77455, $ 6. <br />•154.31 Obligation of the regional referral hospital <br />#' <br />• '� •• ' `�"' <br />As a condition of accepting the procedures of this act, each regional referral <br />hospital,in Florida shall be obligated to admit for treatment all Florida residents who <br />'± <br />sheet the eligibility standards established pursuant to § 154.308 and who meet the <br />,• <br />medical standards for admission to such institutions. <br />a <br />Derivation <br />je <br />!, <br />Laws 1977, c. 77455, $ 7. <br />�� • .. ... •.w_r w... .._.. � « • •a.•• �.___�._.____. N .r�«.._�w w rte. <br />•�. w•.�w+www mow. t._w ��_... <br />JUL� 5 1978 <br />a <br />�;....,..•.-.....�-•wv�Y+saes.s.�r.�+.++.•�.e......�....�.,.+orw .. - rsys.�wse <br />4u�GA284 <br />