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RESOLUTION NO.2024- 062 the County. Proceeds from the Assessment shall be used to benefit Assessed Properties through a directed payment program that will benefit the Assessed Properties for Local Services. When imposed, the Assessment shall constitute a lien upon the Assessed Properties owned by Hospitals and/or a lien upon improvements on the Property made by Hospital leaseholders equal in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district, or municipal taxes and other non -ad valorem assessments. Payments made by Assessed Properties may not be passed along to patients of the Assessed Property as a surcharge or as any other form of additional patient charge. Failure to pay may cause foreclosure proceedings, which could result in loss of title, to commence. Section 4. Assessment Scope, Basis, and Use. Funds generated from the Assessment shall be used only to: Provide to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration the non-federal share of Medicaid managed care hospital directed payments to be made directly or indirectly in support of hospitals serving Medicaid beneficiaries; and 2. Reimburse the County for administrative costs associated with the implementation of the Assessment authorized by the Ordinance. If, at the end of the Fiscal Year, additional amounts remain in the local provider participation fund, the Board is hereby authorized either (a) 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, or (b) if requested to do so by the Assessed Properties, to refund to Assessed Properties, in proportion to amounts paid in during the Fiscal Year, all or a portion of the unutilized local provider participation fund. 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 0.56% 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 state 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 4 US Active\118603232\V-1