Florida HB 4007: Martin County

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An act relating to Martin County; repealing chapter 2
67-1702, Laws of Florida, relating to the authority of 3
Martin County to obtain repayment of certain welfare 4
funds and to acquire liens on certain real and 5
personal property and interests; amending chapter 65-6
1906, Laws of Florida, as amended; requiring the 7
Martin County Board of County Commissioners to create 8
by ordinance a process for the distribution of funds 9
from the County Health Care Fund to all licensed 10
hospitals in the county; providing criteria to be 11
qualified as indigent residents of the county, for the 12
purpose of receiving county payments for hospital 13
care; removing provisions relating to the County 14
Health Care Review Board; providing an effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. Chapter 67-1702, Laws of Florida, is repealed. 19
Section 2. Sections 2, 3, and 4 and section 3 of chapter 20
65-1906, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 2001-295 and 21
2011-247, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: 22
Section 2. The money derived from this tax shall be paid 23
into the County Health Care Fund. The Martin County Board of 24
County Commissioners shall create by ordinance a process for the 25

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distribution of funds from the County Health Care Fund to be 26
disbursed between all licensed hospitals in Martin County. The 27
County Health Care Fund which shall be used by the Martin County 28
Board of County Commissioners only to pay for: 29
(1) Hospitalization, administrative costs and costs of 30
doctors' services incidental to and included in the cost of 31
hospital care, within Martin County for indigent residents of 32
Martin County. To qualify as an indigent resident, the applicant 33
must meet the following criteria: 34
(a) The applicant is a resident of Martin County for at 35
least six (6) months before the applicant's hospitalization; 36
(b) The applicant's family unit does not exceed the 37
household gross income equivalent to 150 percent of the federal 38
poverty guidelines; 39
(c) The applicant is not eligible for Medicaid or another 40
third-party payor program; and 41
(d) The applicant does not have liquid assets in excess of 42
8,000 dollars. 43
(2) Health care programs required by Florida Statutes to 44
be funded by counties. 45
(3) Other health care programs based upon a level of 46
service to be determined from time to time by the Martin County 47
Board of County Commissioners. 48
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All unexpended moneys in the County Health Care Fund at the end 50

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of each budget year shall remain in the County Health Care Fund 51
from year to year. Disbursements from the County Health Care 52
Fund shall be by check of the Martin County Board of County 53
Commissioners signed by its chairman upon the approval of a 54
majority of its members. 55
Section 3. (1) There shall be created a five (5) member 56
County Health Care Review Board to be comprised of: 57
(a) Two (2) members of the Martin County Board of County 58
Commissioners appointed by its chairman; 59
(b) Two (2) current or former members of the Martin 60
Memorial Health Systems Board or an affiliated board or 61
committee thereof appointed by the chairman of the Martin 62
Memorial Health Systems Board; 63
(c) One (1) member at large to be chosen by a majority of 64
the four (4) members so appointed. 65
(2) The terms of office of members shall expire January 15 66
of each year. 67
Section 4. The County Health Care Review Board shall 68
recommend to the Martin County Board of County Commissioners 69
those indigent individuals whose hospitalization and other costs 70
as set forth in section 2(1) shall be paid from the County 71
Health Care Fund. 72
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 73