THE BILL ITSELF
HB 4007
Martin County
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An act relating to Martin County; repealing chapter
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67-1702, Laws of Florida, relating to the authority of
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Martin County to obtain repayment of certain welfare
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funds and to acquire liens on certain real and
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personal property and interests; amending chapter 65-
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1906, Laws of Florida, as amended; requiring the
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Martin County Board of County Commissioners to create
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by ordinance a process for the distribution of funds
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from the County Health Care Fund to all licensed
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hospitals in the county; providing criteria to be
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qualified as indigent residents of the county, for the
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purpose of receiving county payments for hospital
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care; removing provisions relating to the County
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Health Care Review Board; providing an effective date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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Section 1. Chapter 67-1702, Laws of Florida, is repealed.
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Section 2. Sections 2, 3, and 4 and section 3 of chapter
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65-1906, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters 2001-295 and
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2011-247, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
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Section 2. The money derived from this tax shall be paid
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into the County Health Care Fund. The Martin County Board of
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County Commissioners shall create by ordinance a process for the
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distribution of funds from the County Health Care Fund to be
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disbursed between all licensed hospitals in Martin County. The
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County Health Care Fund which shall be used by the Martin County
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Board of County Commissioners only to pay for:
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(1) Hospitalization, administrative costs and costs of
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doctors' services incidental to and included in the cost of
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hospital care, within Martin County for indigent residents of
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Martin County. To qualify as an indigent resident, the applicant
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must meet the following criteria:
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(a) The applicant is a resident of Martin County for at
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least six (6) months before the applicant's hospitalization;
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(b) The applicant's family unit does not exceed the
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household gross income equivalent to 150 percent of the federal
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poverty guidelines;
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(c) The applicant is not eligible for Medicaid or another
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third-party payor program; and
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(d) The applicant does not have liquid assets in excess of
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8,000 dollars.
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(2) Health care programs required by Florida Statutes to
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be funded by counties.
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(3) Other health care programs based upon a level of
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service to be determined from time to time by the Martin County
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Board of County Commissioners.
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All unexpended moneys in the County Health Care Fund at the end
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of each budget year shall remain in the County Health Care Fund
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from year to year. Disbursements from the County Health Care
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Fund shall be by check of the Martin County Board of County
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Commissioners signed by its chairman upon the approval of a
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majority of its members.
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Section 3. (1) There shall be created a five (5) member
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County Health Care Review Board to be comprised of:
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(a) Two (2) members of the Martin County Board of County
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Commissioners appointed by its chairman;
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(b) Two (2) current or former members of the Martin
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Memorial Health Systems Board or an affiliated board or
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committee thereof appointed by the chairman of the Martin
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Memorial Health Systems Board;
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(c) One (1) member at large to be chosen by a majority of
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the four (4) members so appointed.
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(2) The terms of office of members shall expire January 15
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of each year.
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Section 4. The County Health Care Review Board shall
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recommend to the Martin County Board of County Commissioners
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those indigent individuals whose hospitalization and other costs
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as set forth in section 2(1) shall be paid from the County
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Health Care Fund.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.