HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-037EXHIBIT B
RESOLUT I ON �9-37
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 ill or injured persons In th!s State who are medically indigent; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature appropriates funds for the administration of this
program and for the purpose of allotting State fonds 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,
WHEREAS, the estimated population of J7)d. r _R;ver County for the current year
made by the Bureau of Vital Statistics of this State is 3 4, SO 0 inhabitants; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of tnatian 'River County meeting
in Verd Beac,� , Florida, this 9 day of JU� 1969, that effective Oct, 1, 19690
County participate in said State-wide program, designed to provide "Hospital Service
for the Indigent" as provided by Chapter 401, supra, and for these purposes there is
hereby established as an item in the County Budget the " Iy)d;an ?,Ver County Indigent
Hospitalization Fund" in the amount of $ 20,3-P'l ed, which amount is not.A ess than fifty
cents ($.50) per capita of County Funds based on the above estimated population of
',ndika WjVer County; and,.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "1Yid " WrveY County Indigent Hospitalization
Fund" shall be administered as follows:
1. 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 ill 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) $ 17, Z,50- 00
B. State Matching Funds 3, 3 Uq. 00
Total County Indigent Hospitalization Fund $ Z 0, 55 , 0 0
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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 hr,,pitalization under this program by a Rhjcian_,
duly licensed to practice medicine in this State;
4. Authorizations for hospitalization under this program shall be made
by the Jy��{;p,, R%ver County Health Department;
5. Payments for hospitalization from the '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"11'hd;c,, Nver County Indigent
Hospitalization Fund" will be made by this Board to the hospital providing
essential hospital care to medically indigent and acutely ill or injured
residents of )1u4;a,q ^R %ver County whose hospitalization has been authorized
under the provisions of this program by the County Health
Department.
7. A record will be maintained by this Board of all expenditures made from
the " 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;
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board will make all medical and financial
records supporting direct expenditures from the"I-Yd; River County Indigent Hospital-
Ization 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 " ly,d;ary, ever
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 authorize direct payments to the hndi" Wive r County Board
of County Commissioners or other local official agency from Ip6jiam %�I✓er County's share
of the State appropriation for this program, less any charges that may have been paid
to hospitals outside of Teti" Wtver County by the State Board of Health for necessary
emergency treatment of indigent )-44n" R;1er County residents; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all payments received from the State of Florida
through this program shall augmeht the " kdiav% River County Indigent Hospitalization
Fund," and shall be expended in addition to County Funds herein appropriated in accord-
ance with County Annual Budget Statute, Chapter 129, Florida Statutes; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified
/copy of this Resolution be submitted to
the in 'k, `R ►ver Medical Society, the J11Ysd,'" River County Health Department and the
State Board of Health.
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