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, <br />A EXHIBIT B <br />r. <br />R E S O LU T I O N 68-41 <br />i <br />Regarding j <br />HOSPITAL SERVICE FOR THE INDIGENT <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, creates a program known as "Hospital <br />Service for the Indigent" for the purpose of providing essential hospital izatlon for <br />acutely Ill or Injured persons in this State who are medically indigent; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Legislature .2pproprlates funds for the administration of this <br />program and for the purpose of allotting State funds to each County in proportion to <br />Its population to augment County funds which may be provided for these purposes; and, <br />WHEREAS, Section 401.08(2), supra, authorizes each Board of County Commissioners <br />or their local official agency of this State to budget for and provide County funds <br />as may be necessary to match, on a formula basis, the County's part of the cost of <br />this program; and, <br />WHEREAS, Section 401,06(2)(a), supra, provides that the financial participation <br />required of each County each year shall be equai to at least one-half dollar for each <br />inhabitant of said County according to the estimate of the population of said County <br />for such year by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State; and, <br />WHEREAS, the estimated population of 1,�Jia n R,ver County for the current year <br />made by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State is 33.`t�J Inhabitants; now, <br />therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of indltrti giver County meeting <br />In Verb Beaith , Florida, this Sri day of J( ­O, , lgkk that effective fist / 1MY , <br />County participate in said Statewide program, designed to provide "Hospital Service <br />for the Indigent" as provided by Chapter 401, supra, and for these purposes there Is <br />hereby established as an Item In the County Budget the "ln(litin �jvetCounty indigent <br />Hospitalization Fund" in the amount of Sjr}`), which amount is not cess than fifty <br />r <br />cents (5.50) per capita of County Funds based on the above eGtlmated population of <br />I,ulR+v�?rCounty, and, <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "lntic(c,r %vrt County indigent Hospitalization <br />Fund" shall be administered as follows: <br />1. Expenditures from this fund will be made only for the prevision of <br />essential hospital care for indigent and medically indigent residents <br />of County who are acutely ill or- injured: <br />2. The indigency or medical indigency of all recipients of hospitailzation <br />under this program will be determined through an investigation made by <br />the County Health Department or its duly authorized representative, except <br />that when It is determined a patient is a recipient of benefits under the <br />State Department of Welfare, no further check as to his indigency shall be <br />necessary; <br />+A County Funds (50C per capita) $ ! d 'Mo. fill <br />B. State Hatching Funds j"299<C <br />Total County Indigent Hospitalization Fund 5 21,1)99, eta <br />