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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-044EXHIBIT B poo%'yy rpt I u„ HO�PIiAL SLAVICL 101, 1A ihblGCtdT WHEREAS, Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, creates a program known as "Hospital Service for the Indigent" for tha purpose of providing essential hospitalization for acutely iii or injured persons In this State who are medleally Indigent; and, WHEREAS, the Legislature appropriates funds for the administration of this program and for the purpose of allotting State funds to each County in proportion to Its population to augment County funds which may be provided for these purposes; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.08(2), supra, authorizes each Board of County Commissioners or their local official agency of this State to budget for and provide County funds as may be necessary to match, on a formula basis, the County's part of the cost of this program; and, WHEREAS, Section 401.06(2)(a), supra, provides that the financial participation required of each County each year shall be equal to at least one-half dollar for each inhabitant of said County according to the estimate of the population of said County for such year by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State; and, I rids an WHEREAS, the estimated population of River County for the current year made by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State Is 32,200 inhabitants; now, therefore, Indian BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of River County meeting in Vero Beach , Florida, this 26 day of July , 1967, that effective October 1, 1967. County participate in said Statewide program, designed to provide "Hospital Service for the indigent" as provided by Chapter 401, supra, and for these purposes there is Indian hereby established as an item in the County Budget the " River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" in the amount of $21,175 , which amount is not less than fifty cents ($.50) per capita of County Funds based on the above estimated population of Indian River County; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" shall be administered as follows: i. Expenditures from this fund will be made only for the provision of essential hospital care for indigent and medically indigent residents of County who are acutely Iii or injured: 2. The indigency or medical indigency of all recipients of hospitalization under this program will be determined through an Investigation made by the County Health Department or Its duly authorized representative, except that when it is determined a patient is a recipient of benefits under the State Department of Welfare, no further check as to his indigency shall be necessary; *A County Funds (50C per capita) $ 16.100.00 B. State Matching Funds 5.075.00 Total County Indigent Hospitalization Fund $ZI.1/5.UU eanx 19 ras1:417 and, X11 1 t', I I , i°.a,i 3. A determination that the patient Is acutely ill or injured and that hospitalization is essential to the patient's treatment will be made for each recipient of hospitalization under this program by a phniciatl, duly licensed to practice medicine In this State; 4. Authorizations for hospitalization under this program shall be made by the Indian River County Health Department; 5. Payments for hospitalizatlon from the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" will be limited to the non-profit basic cost to the hospital for providing essential hospital care to the medically indigent patient; 6. Payments for hospitalization from the "Indian M vor County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" will be made by this Board to the hospital providing essential hospital care to medically indigent and acutely Ili or Injured residents of Indian River County whose hospitalization has been authorized under the provisions of this program by the Indiatt River County Health Department. 7. A record will be maintained by this Board of all expenditures made from the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund" and these records shall include: a, The patient's name, age, sex and race; and, if married, the full name of the patient's spouse. b. The parents' full names if the patient is a minor. c. Patient's address. d. Name of physician who diagnosed patient and certified hospitalization essential to his treatment. e. Physician's diagnosis. f. The calendar days of hospitalization received. g. A record of payment to this hospital; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board will make all medical and financial records supporting direct expenditures from the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitali- zation Fund" available for review by the State Board of Health, and this Board will submit at least monthly to the State Board of Health a certification identifying hospitalized cases and the payments for the case of each made from the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund," together with a statement of expenditures certifying that all such payments were made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 401, supra, and on the basis of such requisition this Board will request the State Board of Health to autho,ize direct payments to theindian River County Board of County Commissioners or other local official agency from Indian River County's share of the State, appropriation for this propgram, less any charges that may have been paid to hospitals outside ofindian River County by the State Board of Health for necessary emergency treatment of indigentindian River County residents; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all payments received from the State of Florida through this program shall augment the "Indian River County Indigent Hospitalization Fund," and shall be expended in addition to County Funds herein appropriated in accordance with County Annual Budget Statute, Chapter 129, Floridar Statutes; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this Resolution be submitted to the Indian River Medical Society, the Indian River County Heaith Department and the State Board of Health. 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