No. HB 4007
Filed under Local Government.
Martin County ; Requires Martin County Board of County Commissioners to create by ordinance process for distribution of funds from County Health Care Fund to all licensed hospitals in county; provides criteria to be qualified as indigent residents of county, for purpose of receiving county payments for hospital care; removes provisions relating to County Health Care Review Board.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe county board must now create an ordinance to distribute health care funds to all licensed hospitals in Martin County.
Residents must meet four specific criteria, including a six-month residency requirement, to qualify as indigent for county-paid hospital care.
The bill repeals the existing five-member County Health Care Review Board that previously recommended which indigent individuals should receive county payments.
The county board retains sole authority to determine the level of service for other health care programs funded by the county.
AIRemoves the entire 1967 statute that originally established the County Health Care Fund and its governing rules.
AIRequires the Board of County Commissioners to create an ordinance specifying how funds are distributed among all licensed hospitals in the county.
AIEstablishes four specific requirements for an applicant to qualify as an indigent resident eligible for county-paid hospital care.
AIEliminates the five-member County Health Care Review Board that previously recommended which indigent individuals should receive county payments.