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ORDINANCE NO. 2021- 012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA CREATING CHAPTER 215 OF THE CODE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA ENTITLED "INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND ORDINANCE" ESTABLISHING A LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1(F) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SPECIFYING THE METHOD OF SETTING AND COMPUTING ANNUAL NON - AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE FUND AND SPECIFYING AUTHORIZED USES FOR THE FUND PROCEEDS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICT AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the hospitals in Indian River County's jurisdiction (the "Hospitals") annually provide millions of dollars of uncompensated care to uninsured persons and those who qualify for Medicaid because Medicaid, on average, covers only 60% of the costs of the health care services actually provided by Hospitals to Medicaid -eligible persons, leaving Hospitals with significant uncompensated costs; and WHEREAS, the State of Florida (the "State") received federal authority to establish the Statewide Medicaid Managed Care hospital directed payment program (the "DPP") to offset hospitals' uncompensated Medicaid costs and improve quality of care provided to Florida's Medicaid population; and WHEREAS, two of the three impacted Hospitals have asked Indian River County (the "County") to impose an assessment upon certain real property owned by the Hospitals to help finance the non-federal share of the State's Medicaid program, while the third Hospital is unopposed to the assessment; and WHEREAS, the only properties to be assessed are the real property sites of such Hospitals; and WHEREAS, the funding raised by the County assessment will, through intergovernmental transfers ("IGTs") provided consistent with federal guidelines, support additional funding for Medicaid payments to some, but not necessarily all, Hospitals; and