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RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 029 <br />in cost reports and/or in the Florida Hospital Uniform Reporting System, as available from the <br />Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. <br />Section 6. Timing and Method of Collection. The amount of the assessment is to be collected <br />pursuant to the Alternative Method outlined in §197.3631, Fla Stat. <br />The County shall provide Assessment bills by first class mail to the owner of each affected <br />Hospital. The bill or accompanying explanatory material shall include: (1) a reference to this <br />Resolution, (2) the total amount of the hospital's Assessment for the appropriate period, (3) the <br />location at which payment will be accepted, (4) the date on which the Assessment is due, and (5) a <br />statement that the Assessment constitutes a lien against assessed property and/or improvements equal <br />in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non -ad <br />valorem assessments. <br />No act of error or omission on the part of the Comptroller, Property Appraiser, Tax <br />Collector, Assessment Coordinator, Board, or their deputies or employees shall operate to <br />release or discharge any obligation for payment of the Assessment imposed by the Board under <br />the Ordinance and this resolution. <br />Section 7. Obligation to Make Payment. Institutional Health Care Providers are <br />under no obligation to make payment until the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) <br />approves Florida's preprint for the hospital directed payment program for the period or periods <br />starting October 1, 2024, and concluding September 30, 2025. <br />Section 8. Public Hearing. Per the notice provided on May 28, 2025, the Board has <br />heard and considered objections of all interested persons prior to rendering a decision on the <br />Assessment and attached Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll. <br />Section 9. Responsibility for Enforcement. The County and its agent, if any, shall <br />maintain the duty to enforce the prompt collection of the Assessment by the means provided herein. <br />The duties related to collection of assessments may be enforced at the suit of any holder of <br />obligations in a court of competent jurisdiction by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings or <br />actions. <br />Section 10. Severability. If any clause, section, or provision of this resolution is <br />declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason or cause, the remaining portion hereof shall be in <br />full force and effect and shall be valid as if such invalid portion thereof had not been incorporated <br />herein. <br />Section 11. Effective Date. This Resolution to be effective immediately upon adoption. <br />This Resolution duly adopted this 17th day of June, 2025. <br />This Resolution duly adopted this 17th day of June, 2025. <br />US Active\118603232\V-1 <br />