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RESOLUTION NO. 2023- 0 5 0 or (b) if requested to do so by the Assessed Properties, to retain such amounts in the fund to transfer to the Agency in the next fiscal year for use as the non-federal share of Medicaid hospital payments. If, after the Assessment funds are transferred to the Agency, the Agency returns some or all of the transferred funding to the County (including, but not limited to, a return of the non-federal share after a disallowance of matching federal funds), the Board is hereby authorized to refund to Assessed Properties, in proportion to amounts paid in during the Fiscal Year, the amount of such returned funds. Section 5. Computation of Assessment. The Assessment shall equal 2.1 % of net patient revenue for each Assessed Property specified in the attached Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll. The amount of the Assessment required of each Assessed Property may not exceed an amount that, when added to the amount of other hospital assessments levied by the state or local government, exceeds the maximum percent of the aggregate net patient revenue of all Assessed Hospitals in the County permitted by 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(f)(3)(i)(A). Assessments for each Assessed Property will be derived from data contained in cost reports and/or in the Florida Hospital Uniform Reporting System, as available from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Section 6. Timing and Method of Collection. The amount of the assessment is to be collected pursuant to the Alternative Method outlined in §197.3631, Fla. Stat. The County shall provide Assessment bills by first class mail to the owner of each affected Hospital. The bill or accompanying explanatory material shall include: (1) a reference to this Resolution, (2) the total amount of the hospital's Assessment for the appropriate period, (3) the location at which payment will be accepted, and (4) the date on which the Assessment is due. No act of error or omission on the part of the Assessment Coordinator, Board, or their deputies or employees shall operate to release or discharge any obligation for payment of the Assessment imposed by the Board under the Ordinance and this resolution. Section 7. Public Hearing. Per the notice provided by first class mail sent on August 16, 2023 and notice published in the Indian River Press Journal on August 23, 2023, the Board has heard and considered objections of all interested persons prior to rendering a decision on the Assessment and attached Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll. Section 8. Responsibility for Enforcement. The County and its agent, if any, shall maintain the duty to enforce the prompt collection of the Assessment by the means provided herein. The duties related to collection of assessments may be enforced at the suit of any holder of obligations in a court of competent jurisdiction by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings or actions. Section 9. Severability. If any clause, section, or provision of this resolution is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason or cause, the remaining portion hereof shall be in full force and effect and shall be valid as if such invalid portion thereof had not been incorporated herein.