HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-025on motion by Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissiciiier Mt_
Cullers, the following Resolution was unanimously adoptedt
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Regarding
HOSPITAL SERVICE FOR THE INDIGENT
WHEREAS, Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, creates a program known as -Hospital
Service for the Indigent" for the purpose of providing essential hospitalization for
acutely III or lnjtjred person% In this State wsliia are medically Indigent: and,
AMAS, the Legislature Ujrqpr}.ILV kunds for the admini0entlOn of this
program and for the purpose of allotting State funds to each County In prolvirtion to
Its population to anignent County fund* whlch may be provided for thaw purMsts. end,
WHEREAS, Suction 401.08 (2}, supra, auuiori zas each "ard of County Cts ml Is-
10amrs or their 104illt Official agency of this State to budget (of And Provide CO00tY
Node as *Ay be necessary to match, on a forthuto 6*414, the County's Part Of the cost
of this prograen: And,
WtACA$, Section 401,06 (2) (4), jupro, provides that the (Inanti4i) jiArtifl-
potion roilvIred of *eth County each year jh*Jl be equal to at least one-half dollar
for *"h inhabitant of sold County etcorOinq to the *it i+ Atat of the population Of
said County for tvech year by the buremi Of Vital of thli State; and,
WHEREAS, the ftl0rqt*d population of ikvoc Cnunty for the current year
mada by the #ur#,*o Of Vital Statistics of this state is Inhabitwits. N)W,
therefore,
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DE IT KEWLVE0 by the 00*rd of CO004Y Crer»is9itianars QfAtv" County emdtlng
414 ro
in ija4cm Florida, this i,i tr. day of jutlt4 that siffactivo
Octutior I„ 19f,,ri County port icipate In told 1,t4ta-wida program, designed to, ProvW4
"Hospital Service for the InditieAt" As Provided by 040of 441. supra, and for tress
purpose$ that* is hereby established At en item In the County Oudg#t this "Indian River
County Indi"Ot hospital lret ion Fund" In the amount of , 10hich Amount is
not loss than fifty Conti (00.50) per capita of County l'undt baled on the *bov* *I-
t1mated population of jt,,,r County: and,
I otli 'r,
SE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the " 'Itvski. County Indigent ifW-Ptt411140013
Fund" shalt be administered as follows:
1. Expenditures from this fund will he modis Only for the provision of
essential hospital care for Indigent and medically Indigent f4lifletits
Of County who aft acutely lit of injured.,
2. The Indlqency Or midlrad Indiguncy of all recipients of ho&Vitalioaitlon
under this program will be determined throup) an investigation made by
the County Health Department of Its duly dutfiotly6d r"Pfesgntit Ives
except that tilien It Is determined a patient 1% a recipient of benefits
under the State Department of Welfare, no further check as to tilt
Indig,ency shall be necessary;
*A. County Funds (50c per capita)
D. State Matching Funds 5A39 -3.U0
Total County Indigent Hospitalizatlon'Fund 21,293.00
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n EXHIBIT B
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). A determination that the patient Is acutely III -)r Injured and that
hospitalization Is essential to the patient's treatment will tie made for
each recipient of hospitalization under this program by apfjylLrfalr, duly
licensed to practice medicine In this State;
b. Authorizations for hospitalization under this program shall be made
by the Indian iN v.County Health Department;
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5. Payments for hospitalization from the "' ^lIviar County indigent
Hospitat Ization Fund" wilt be IImiled to tine cion- profit bat cost to
the hospital for providing essential hospital care to this medically
indIgent pat Ioot;
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&. Payments for hospitalization from, the RIvor County indi;ti# nt
Hospitalization Fund" will be magi's by this Board to the hospital providing
essential hospital Cara to medically Indigent and acutely IIi or injeired
::Id+snts of 110. Riv, unty *hi-) 10 hospitalization has been authorized
under the provisions of this program by the Ind. Rtpounty Health
Utpartoont .
7, A record will be M41 nt0;nod by thio Heard of a I I expenditures made from
the "ln<S.-"" County indigent Mospita►fiat tort Fund" and these records
shall include;
a. The patient's nam. age, sex and rata; and, If married, the full
n of the patients spouse,
h. The parents' full OVet% if than pat iant Is a minor,
c. Patient -'s ad.:Nass.
d. Mame of physic; in oho diariricisad Patient am,f eertIf;"Ai Nil;*;talfre-
tion essential to his treatment.
e. Phys ttsn's diagnosls.
f, Thr Cale+radar days of hospitatization received,
q. A record of payment to this liolpitAl;
and,
BE IT FUJITHIR R15OLM, that this board ti,It� i.ta Nit medical and flnanclat
records supporting direct .expenditures from this'" ii County tnstigant Htrapltali»
Cantl)fund" avaiisblei for r,ovir r tgy the State Board of litatth, anrf this Beard wi tl
sunt lea to the "itatt board of Health x cartificstion 1,fentitying
bospitalized ttitses and the st- Pts for the case ref ".aeht do from tnta tri.j. tf.yac
County Indigent Hospltalizatlon fund," together with a st,rt*ftot of exptoditoees
Certifying that all Such Pc.Ym*nts were made In aCcorelance „ith the provisions of
Chapter Wl, supra. and on the basis =,f such rcryw itit:;7 this board will r4ue<t the
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State Board of Health to avtt, riza direct payment, tt, the rtty, Coun.y Bond of
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County Com%tssidners or oShgr,_ Eot*I of f l� fr, � M t v , county"s that* of
the State appropriation for this progrem, less any chargoN than may have been pain
I no,
to hespitais outslda of Civ. County by this State Board of Health for necessary
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emergency treatment of indlt;ent itIvrlr County residents; and,
BE IT FURTHER AESOLVEO, that ail payments received from the State of Florida
I rid.
through this progrAm shall augment the " Rivor County indigent Hospitalization
`„fit i£uRd _.and"shall he expended in addition to County Funds herein appropriated in
.S' ,raACQrdetttb,with County Annual Budget Statute, Chapter 129, Florida Statutes; and, C"
QBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this Resolution ha submitted
Intl Ind.
tp th6 Ravi Medi,cat Society, the Rivor County Health Department and the c�
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%v .c•i d aunty Comm, Indiwn River County. pia,