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2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.235 - Refunding bonds.

154.235 Refunding bonds.—
(1) The authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of refunding any of its revenue bonds then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity of such revenue bonds.
(2) The proceeds of any such revenue bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding revenue bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of such outstanding revenue bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date, or upon the purchase or at the maturity thereof, and may, pending such application, be placed in escrow to be applied to such purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on such date as may be determined by the authority.
(3) Any such escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in direct obligations of the United States, in any obligations of which the principal and interest are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States, in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by direct obligations of the United States, or in any obligations of which the principal and interest are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States, maturing at such time or times as shall be appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding revenue bonds to be so refunded. The interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on any such investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding revenue bonds to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of such proceeds and interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments thereof may be returned to the authority for use by it in any lawful manner.
(4) All such revenue bonds issued for the purposes of refunding shall be subject to the provisions of this part in the same manner and to the same extent as other revenue bonds issued pursuant to this part.
History.—s. 18, ch. 74-323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.237 - Legal investment.

154.237 Legal investment.—Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this part are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions and all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereinafter be authorized by law.
History.—s. 19, ch. 74-323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.238 - Authorization to deal with financial institution which employs a member of the authority.

154.238 Authorization to deal with financial institution which employs a member of the authority.—Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule, regulation, or ordinance to the contrary, including ss. 112.311-112.326, an authority may sell its bonds to a financial institution, as defined in s. 655.005, which employs a member of the authority as an officer, director, or employee and may appoint a financial institution to serve as trustee or cotrustee under a trust indenture relating to bonds issued under this part, notwithstanding the fact that an officer, director, or employee of the financial institution which is interested in purchasing or serving as trustee or cotrustee for a proposed or outstanding bond issue shall vote on any matter related to such bond issue after the interest of the financial institution in such bond issue becomes known to the officer, director, or employee.
History.—s. 4, ch. 81-321; s. 40, ch. 83-217; s. 195, ch. 92-303; s. 873, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.239 - Reports.

154.239 Reports.—Within the first 90 days of each calendar year, the authority shall make a report to the governing board of the county of its activities for the preceding calendar year. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year.
History.—s. 20, ch. 74-323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.241 - Issuance of bonds.

154.241 Issuance of bonds.—Bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall be validated in the manner prescribed by chapter 75.
History.—s. 21, ch. 74-323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.243 - Alternate means.

154.243 Alternate means.—This part shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.
History.—s. 22, ch. 74-323.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.245 - Agency for Health Care Administration certificate of need required as a condition to bond validation and project construction.

154.245 Agency for Health Care Administration certificate of need required as a condition to bond validation and project construction.—Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, before any project authorized by this part and subject to review under ss. 408.031-408.045 is approved by the authority, and before revenue bonds are validated for the project, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall issue a certificate of need for such project, which shall be a condition precedent to the validation and issuance of any bonds hereunder, other than bonds for refunding or refinancing purposes, and to the construction of the project. However, any portion of a life care facility not requiring licensure under chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400 shall be exempt from the certificate-of-need requirement.
History.—s. 23, ch. 74-323; s. 2, ch. 78-115; s. 2, ch. 80-13; s. 2, ch. 90-348; s. 21, ch. 95-280; s. 14, ch. 99-8.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.246 - Validation of certain bonds and proceedings.

154.246 Validation of certain bonds and proceedings.—The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of chapter 78-115, Laws of Florida, is, in part, to clarify the original meaning of the Health Facilities Authorities Law, and, therefore, all bonds heretofore issued and proceedings conducted pursuant thereto which would have been valid had the amendment to s. 154.245, as set forth in s. 2 of chapter 78-115, been in effect when said bonds were issued or proceedings were conducted are hereby declared valid.
History.—s. 3, ch. 78-115.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part III - Health Facilities Authorities (Ss. 154.201-154.247) › 154.247 - Financing of projects located outside of local agency.

154.247 Financing of projects located outside of local agency.—Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, an authority may, if it finds that there will be a benefit or a cost savings to a health facility located within its jurisdiction, issue bonds for such health facility to finance projects for such health facility, or for another not-for-profit corporation under common control with such health facility, located outside the geographical limits of the local agency or outside this state.
History.—s. 37, ch. 2000-367.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.301 - Short title.

154.301 Short title.—Sections 154.301-154.316 may be cited as “The Florida Health Care Responsibility Act.”
History.—s. 2, ch. 77-455; s. 6, ch. 88-294; s. 2, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.302 - Legislative intent.

154.302 Legislative intent.—The Legislature finds that certain hospitals provide a disproportionate share of charity care for persons who are indigent, not able to pay their medical bills, and not eligible for government-funded programs. The burden of absorbing the cost of this uncompensated charity care is borne by the hospital, the private pay patients, and, many times, by the taxpayers in the county when the hospital is subsidized by tax revenues. The Legislature further finds that it is inequitable for hospitals and taxpayers of one county to be expected to subsidize the care of out-of-county indigent persons. Finally, the Legislature declares that the state and the counties must share the responsibility of assuring that adequate and affordable health care is available to all Floridians. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to place the ultimate financial obligation for the out-of-county hospital care of qualified indigent patients on the county in which the indigent patient resides.
History.—s. 3, ch. 77-455; s. 7, ch. 88-294; s. 3, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.309 - Certification of county of residence.

154.309 Certification of county of residence.—
(1) The agency, pursuant to s. 154.3105, shall adopt rules for certification determination procedures which provide criteria to be used for determining a qualified indigent’s county of residence. Such criteria must include, at a minimum, how and to what extent residency shall be verified and how a hospital shall be notified of a patient’s certification or the inability to certify a patient.
(2) In all instances, the county known or thought to be the county of residence shall be given first opportunity to certify a resident. If the county known or thought to be the county of residence fails to, or is unable to, make such determination within 60 days following written notification by a hospital, the agency shall determine residency utilizing the same criteria required by rule as the county, and the agency’s determination of residency shall be binding on the county of residence. The county determined as the residence of any qualified indigent shall be liable to reimburse the treating hospital pursuant to s. 154.306. If, for any reason, a county or the agency is unable to determine an indigent’s residency, the hospital shall be notified in writing of such reason or reasons.
History.—s. 11, ch. 88-294; s. 3, ch. 91-173; s. 7, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.31 - Obligation of participating hospital or regional referral hospital.

154.31 Obligation of participating hospital or regional referral hospital.—As a condition of participation, each participating hospital or regional referral hospital in Florida shall be obligated to admit for emergency treatment all Florida residents, without regard to county of residence, who meet the eligibility standards established pursuant to s. 154.308 and who meet the medical standards for admission to such institutions. If the agency determines that a participating hospital or a regional referral hospital has failed to meet the requirements of this section, the agency may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $5,000 per incident, and suspend the hospital from eligibility for reimbursement under this part.
History.—s. 7, ch. 77-455; s. 12, ch. 88-294; s. 5, ch. 91-173; s. 8, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.3105 - Rules.

154.3105 Rules.—Rules governing the Health Care Responsibility Act shall be developed by the agency based on recommendations of a work group consisting of equal representation by the agency, the hospital industry, and the counties. County representatives to this work group shall be appointed by the Florida Association of Counties. Hospital representatives to this work group shall be appointed by the associations representing those hospitals which best represent the positions of the hospitals most likely to be eligible for reimbursement. Rules governing this part shall be adopted by the agency.
History.—s. 13, ch. 88-294; s. 7, ch. 90-295; s. 9, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.312 - Procedure for settlement of disputes.

154.312 Procedure for settlement of disputes.—All disputes among counties, the agency, a participating hospital, or a regional referral hospital shall be resolved as provided in ss. 120.569 and 120.57, except that the presiding officer’s order shall be final agency action. Cases filed under chapter 120 may combine all disputes between parties. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, if a county alleges that a residency determination or eligibility determination made by the agency is incorrect, the burden of proof shall be on the county to demonstrate that such determination is, in light of the total record, not supported by the evidence.
History.—s. 8, ch. 77-455; s. 14, ch. 88-294; s. 20, ch. 96-410; s. 10, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.314 - Certification of the State of Florida.

154.314 Certification of the State of Florida.—
(1) In the event payment for the costs of services rendered by a participating hospital or a regional referral hospital is not received from the responsible county within 90 days of receipt of a statement for services rendered to a qualified indigent who is a certified resident of the county, or if the payment is disputed and said payment is not received from the county determined to be responsible within 60 days of the date of exhaustion of all administrative and legal remedies, the hospital shall certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount owed by the county.
(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall have no longer than 45 days from the date of receiving the hospital’s certified notice to forward the amount delinquent to the appropriate hospital from any funds due to the county under any revenue-sharing or tax-sharing fund established by the state, except as otherwise provided by the State Constitution. The Chief Financial Officer shall provide the Governor and the fiscal committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate with a quarterly accounting of the amounts certified by hospitals as owed by counties and the amount paid to hospitals out of any revenue or tax sharing funds due to the county.
History.—s. 9, ch. 77-455; s. 15, ch. 88-294; s. 11, ch. 98-191; s. 155, ch. 2003-261.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part IV - Health Care Responsibility for Indigents (Ss. 154.301-154.331) › 154.316 - Hospital’s responsibility to notify of admission of indigent patients.

154.316 Hospital’s responsibility to notify of admission of indigent patients.—
(1) Any hospital admitting or treating any out-of-county patient who may qualify as indigent under this part shall, within 30 days after admitting or treating such patient, notify the county known or thought to be the county of residency of such admission, or such hospital forfeits its right to reimbursement.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of any participating hospital or regional referral hospital to initiate any eligibility or certification determination procedures with any appropriate state or county agency which can determine financial eligibility or certify an indigent as a resident under this part.
History.—s. 10, ch. 77-455; s. 16, ch. 88-294; s. 8, ch. 90-295; s. 12, ch. 98-191.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.501 - Short title.

154.501 Short title.—Sections 154.501-154.506 may be cited as the “Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Act.”
History.—s. 1, ch. 97-263.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.502 - Legislative findings and intent.

154.502 Legislative findings and intent.—
(1) The Legislature finds that, despite significant state investments in health care programs, millions of low-income Floridians, many of them families with children, continue to lack access to basic health care. The Legislature finds that local solutions to health care problems can have a dramatic and positive effect on the health status of children and families. Local governments are better equipped to identify the health care needs of the children and families in their communities, mobilize the community to donate time and services to help their neighbors, and organize health care providers to provide health services to needy children and families.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide matching funds to Florida counties in the form of primary care for children and families challenge grants to stimulate the development of coordinated primary health care delivery systems for low-income children and families. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature to foster the development of coordinated primary health care delivery systems which emphasize volunteerism, cooperation, and broad-based participation by public and private health care providers. Finally, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program function as a partnership between state and local governments and private sector health care providers.
History.—s. 2, ch. 97-263.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.503 - Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program; creation; administration.

154.503 Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program; creation; administration.—
(1) Effective July 1, 1997, there is created the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program to be administered by the Department of Health.
(2) The department shall:
(a) Publicize the availability of funds and the method by which a county or counties may submit a primary care for children and families challenge grant application.
(b) Develop a quality assurance process to monitor the quality of health services provided under ss. 154.501-154.506.
(c) Provide technical assistance, as requested, to primary care for children and families challenge grant recipients.
(d) Develop uniform data reporting requirements for primary care for children and families challenge grant recipients for the purpose of evaluating the performance of the projects.
(e) Coordinate with the primary care program developed pursuant to s. 154.011, the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation program created in s. 624.91, the school health services program created in ss. 381.0056 and 381.0057, and the volunteer health care provider program developed pursuant to s. 766.1115.
(3) A primary care for children and families challenge grant shall be in effect for 1 year and may be renewed for additional years upon application to and approval by the department, subject to meeting quality standards and outcomes and subject to the availability of funds.
History.—s. 3, ch. 97-263; s. 59, ch. 99-2; s. 41, ch. 2012-116; s. 117, ch. 2012-184.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.504 - Eligibility and benefits.

154.504 Eligibility and benefits.—
(1) Any county or counties may apply for a primary care for children and families challenge grant to provide primary health care services to children and families with incomes of up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Participants shall pay no monthly premium for participation, but shall be required to pay a copayment at the time a service is provided. Copayments may be paid from sources other than the participant, including, but not limited to, the child’s or parent’s employer, or other private sources. Providers may enter into contracts pursuant to s. 766.1115, provided copayments may not be considered and may not be used as compensation for services to health care providers, and all funds generated from copayments shall be used by the governmental contractor and all other provisions in s. 766.1115 are met.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prevent counties with populations less than 100,000, based on the annual estimates produced by the Population Program of the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, from submitting a multicounty application for a primary care for children and families challenge grant to jointly administer and operate a coordinated multicounty primary care for children and families program under ss. 154.501-154.506. However, when such counties submit a joint application, the application shall clearly identify one lead county with respect to program accountability and administration.
(3) Each county or group of counties submitting an application to participate in the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program shall develop a schedule of benefits and services appropriate for the population to be served. However, at a minimum, such benefits must cover preventive and primary care services and include a coordination mechanism for limited inpatient hospital care.
History.—s. 4, ch. 97-263; s. 13, ch. 98-191; s. 5, ch. 99-397.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.505 - Proposals; application process; minimum requirements.

154.505 Proposals; application process; minimum requirements.—
(1) Any county or counties which desire to receive state funding under ss. 154.501-154.506 shall submit an application to the department. The department shall develop an application process for the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program.
(2) Applications shall be competitively reviewed by an independent panel appointed by the State Surgeon General. This panel shall determine the relative weight for scoring and evaluating each of the following elements to be used in the evaluation process:
(a) The target population to be served.
(b) The health benefits to be provided.
(c) The proposed service network, including specific health care providers and health care facilities that will participate in the service network on a paid or voluntary basis.
(d) The methods that will be used to measure cost-effectiveness.
(e) How patient and provider satisfaction will be measured.
(f) The proposed internal quality assurance process.
(g) Projected health status outcomes.
(h) The way in which data to measure the cost-effectiveness, outcomes, and overall performance of the program will be collected, including a description of the proposed information system.
(i) All local resources, including cash, in-kind, voluntary, or other resources, that will be dedicated to the proposal.
(3) Preference shall be given to proposals which:
(a) Exceed the minimum local contribution requirements specified in s. 154.506.
(b) Demonstrate broad-based local support for the project, including, but not limited to, agreements to participate in the service network, letters of endorsement, or other forms of support.
(c) Demonstrate a high degree of participation by health care providers on a free or volunteer basis, or through financial contributions. This may include participation by publicly or privately funded health care providers, such as hospitals, county health departments, community health centers, or rural health clinics, in the service network.
(d) Are submitted by counties with a high proportion of children and families living in poverty and with poor health status indicators.
(e) Demonstrate coordinated service delivery with existing publicly financed health care programs, including those programs specified in s. 154.503(2)(e).
(4) Nothing in ss. 154.501-154.506 shall prevent a county or group of counties from contracting for the provision of health care services. A service network may include, but need not be limited to, special health care districts, county health departments, federally qualified health centers, community health centers, and rural health clinics.
History.—s. 5, ch. 97-263; s. 12, ch. 2008-6.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.506 - Primary care for children and families challenge grant awards.

154.506 Primary care for children and families challenge grant awards.—
(1) Primary care for children and families challenge grants shall be awarded on a matching basis. The county or counties shall provide $1 in local matching funds for each $2 grant payment made by the state. Except as provided in subsection (2), up to 50 percent of the county match may be in-kind in the form of free hospital and physician services. However, a county shall not supplant the value of donated services in fiscal year 1996 as documented in the volunteer health care provider program annual report. The department shall develop a methodology for determining the value of an in-kind match. Any third party reimbursement and all fees collected shall not be considered local match or in-kind contributions. Fifty percent of the local match shall be in the form of cash.
(2) A small county with a population of no more than 50,000 may provide the required local matching funds entirely through an in-kind contribution as long as the new system of care produces an increase in patients served or services delivered, or both.
(3) Grant awards shall be based on a county’s population size, or each individual county’s size in a group of counties, and other factors, in an amount as determined by the department. However, for fiscal year 1997-1998, no fewer than four grants shall be awarded.
(4) Children and families eligible for other state and federally financed health care programs shall exhaust all health care benefits funded through those programs prior to receiving health services through the primary care for children and families challenge grant. A program funded under this act may bill for third party reimbursement for services provided.
(5) Implementation of the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant Program shall be subject to the allocation of a specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act.
History.—s. 6, ch. 97-263.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities › Part V - Primary Care for Children and Families (Ss. 154.501-154.507) › 154.507 - Federal waivers; matching funds.

154.507 Federal waivers; matching funds.—The Agency for Health Care Administration, working jointly with the Department of Health and the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, is directed to seek federal waivers to secure Title XIX matching funds for the Florida Healthy Kids program and the Primary Care for Children and Families Challenge Grant. The federal waiver application shall seek Medicaid matching funds for all general revenue, family contributions, and local contributions. The number of persons supported with federal matching funds under the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation shall not exceed the number annually specified in the General Appropriations Act.
History.—s. 8, ch. 97-263.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.01 - County Commissioners May Act as Trustees of Stock of Hospitals.

155.01 County commissioners may act as trustees of stock of hospitals.—Whenever the owners of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of a corporation created for and engaged solely in the operation of a hospital shall execute a trust deed, or deeds, conveying a majority of the capital stock of such corporation to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such hospital is located, in trust to be held and administered by such board of county commissioners as trustees with authority to vote said stock at all meetings of the stockholders of such corporation and to expend all dividends declared upon such stock in the hospitalization of the indigent citizens of the county who need hospital treatment, with provisions that should the properties of such corporation cease for a period of 6 months to be used primarily for hospital purposes or should the hospital so maintained be not maintained open to the practice of all duly licensed physicians and surgeons resident in the county where the same is located that the trust shall then, but not before, be terminated and the ownership of the stock so placed in trust shall revert to the respective persons executing the trust deed, or deeds, their heirs, legatees or assigns; the board of county commissioners may accept such trust and act as trustee thereunder.
History.—s. 1, ch. 17834, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 2934(28).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.02 - Rule Against Perpetuities Inapplicable.

155.02 Rule against perpetuities inapplicable.—No such trust shall be invalid by reason of the rule against perpetuities nor shall the rights of the persons creating the same, their heirs, legatees or assigns, to receive back their stock upon the termination of said trust be impaired or denied by reason of any application of the statutes of uses or the rule against perpetuities.
History.—s. 2, ch. 17834, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 2934(29).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.03 - Duties of County Commissioners.

155.03 Duties of county commissioners.—Should the board of county commissioners accept such trust, it shall administer the same until the termination of the trust; providing, however, that nothing herein shall require the board of county commissioners to expend any funds of the county in the maintenance of such hospital or the administration of such trust.
History.—s. 3, ch. 17834, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 2934(30).
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.04 - County Hospitals; Petition; Election; Establishment.

155.04 County hospitals; petition; election; establishment.—
(1) Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county in the state shall be presented with a petition signed by 5 percent of the resident freeholders of such county, asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital at a place in the county named therein, and shall specify in said petition the maximum amount of money proposed to be expended in purchasing or building said hospital, such board of county commissioners shall submit the question to the qualified electors of the county who are freeholders at the next general election to be held in the county, or at a special election called for that purpose, first giving 30 days’ notice thereof in one or more newspapers published in the county, if any be published therein, or posting written or printed notices in each precinct of the county, which notice shall include the text of the petition and state the amount of the tax to be levied upon the assessed property of the said county which tax shall not exceed 5 mills on the dollar, and be for the issue of the county bonds, to provide funds for the purchase of the site, or sites, and the erection thereon of a public hospital and hospital buildings, and for the support of same, which bonds shall be payable within 30 years, which said election shall be held at the usual places in such county for voting upon county officers, and shall be canvassed in the same manner as the vote for the county officers is canvassed. The ballots to be used in any election at which such hospital question is submitted, shall be printed with a statement substantially as follows:
For a   mill tax for a bond issue for a public hospital, and for maintenance of same:
YES
NO
(2) If a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors shall participate in said election and a majority of the votes cast at such election on the proposition so submitted shall be in favor of said tax for such bond issue, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax so authorized, which shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected, and credited to the hospital fund, and shall be paid out on the order of the hospital trustees for the purposes authorized by this law, and for no other purposes whatever.
History.—s. 1, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 1, ch. 26513, 1951.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.05 - County Hospitals; Establishment Without Election.

155.05 County hospitals; establishment without election.—If the county commissioners of any such county, by reason of funds on hand, or donations, or otherwise, are able to build and establish a public hospital without issuing bonds as provided in s. 155.04, then such board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to establish such public hospital and, without any election, to levy an annual tax for the maintenance thereof, such tax not to exceed 5 mills on the dollar and to be collected in the same manner as the tax provided for in s. 155.04.
History.—s. 2, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.06 - County Hospitals; Trustees; Appointment, Terms.

155.06 County hospitals; trustees; appointment, terms.—Should a majority of all votes cast upon the question be in favor of establishing such county public hospital, or should the board of county commissioners of any county establish a county public hospital as provided in s. 155.05, the Governor of the state shall immediately proceed to appoint five trustees chosen from the citizens at large from such county, with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said public hospital. On the original appointment of said trustees, two of said trustees shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, one for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 3 years, and one for a term of 4 years; and thereafter upon the expiration of said original appointments, their successors shall be appointed by the Governor of the state for terms of 4 years.
History.—s. 3, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.07 - County Hospitals; Organization; Officers; Powers; Bonds; Travel Expenses.

155.07 County hospitals; organization; officers; powers; bonds; travel expenses.—The said trustees shall, within 10 days after their appointment, qualify by taking the oath of office and organize a board of hospital trustees by the election of one of their members as chair and one as secretary and treasurer and by the election of such other officers as they deem necessary. Such chair shall be executive officer of the board of trustees and shall enforce and carry out all the orders of the board of trustees contained in resolutions duly adopted and entered on the minute books of the meetings of the board of trustees. The chair shall preside at all meetings and countersign all vouchers and warrants issued by the secretary and treasurer hereinafter provided for. In the absence of the chair, vouchers and warrants may be countersigned by any other member of the board of trustees selected by the members of the board of trustees as chair pro tem. In the absence of the chair and chair pro tem, vouchers and warrants may be countersigned by the hospital administrator or another full-time employee of the hospital as designated by the members of the board of trustees. The chair, chair pro tem, and such other full-time employees as may be designated by the members of the board of trustees to countersign warrants or vouchers shall give bonds in a sum to be fixed by the board of county commissioners for the faithful performance of their duties in some reputable bonding company authorized to do business in the state, and said bonds shall be made payable to the Governor of Florida and the Governor’s successors in office. No member of said board of trustees shall receive any compensation for services as such trustee, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.
History.—s. 4, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 19, ch. 63-400; s. 1, ch. 76-21; s. 876, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.08 - County Hospitals; Seal; Evidence.

155.08 County hospitals; seal; evidence.—The board of trustees as herein constituted shall adopt a common seal, and certification under the seal of the board of hospital trustees, signed by the chair and attested by the secretary and treasurer, shall constitute sufficient evidence.
History.—s. 5, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 877, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.09 - County Hospitals; Secretary and Treasurer; Minutes; Accounts; Public Inspection; Bond.

155.09 County hospitals; secretary and treasurer; minutes; accounts; public inspection; bond.—The board of trustees shall elect from its members a secretary and treasurer whose duties it shall be to keep full and correct minutes of all the proceedings of the board of trustees, and keep a separate itemized account of all the expenditures and disbursements by said board of trustees. Said minutes and accounts shall be open to public inspection at any time on demand of any taxpayer in such district. The secretary and treasurer shall give bond in a sum to be fixed by the board of county commissioners for the faithful performance of his or her duties in some reputable bonding company authorized to do business in the state, and said bond shall be made payable to the Governor of Florida and the Governor’s successors in office.
History.—s. 6, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 878, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.10 - County Hospitals; Rules and Regulations.

155.10 County hospitals; rules and regulations.—The board of trustees shall make and adopt such bylaws and rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the hospital as may be deemed expedient for the economic and equitable conduct thereof, not inconsistent with this law, or the ordinance of the city or town wherein such hospital is located. They shall have exclusive control of the expenditures of all moneys collected to the credit of the hospital fund.
History.—s. 7, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.11 - County Hospitals; Deposit of Moneys; Payments.

155.11 County hospitals; deposit of moneys; payments.—
(1) All moneys received for such hospital shall be deposited in any bank designated by the said board of trustees, and placed to the credit of the hospital fund and can be paid out only as bills for material supplies, equipment, wages, salaries, or other items of expense whatsoever shall have been audited by the secretary and treasurer and approved by a majority of the members of the board of trustees in regular session. When so approved by a majority of said members, upon vouchers issued by the secretary and treasurer, warrant may be drawn for same and when countersigned by the chair of said board of trustees or an individual designated by s. 155.07, shall be authenticated. Provided, it shall be unlawful to pay any money out of said hospital fund until the provisions of this section have been complied with.
(2) For the purpose of providing for the direct deposit of funds under the circumstances herein specified, the board of trustees is authorized to establish the form or forms of warrants, which are to be issued and countersigned as provided in this chapter, for payment or disbursement of moneys out of the hospital depository, and to change the form thereof from time to time as the board of trustees deems appropriate. If authorized in writing by the payee, county hospital warrants may provide for the direct deposit of funds to the account of the payee in any financial institution which is designated in writing by the payee and which has lawful authority to accept such deposits. The written authorization of the payee shall be filed with the board of trustees. Direct deposit of funds may be by any electronic or other medium approved by the board of trustees for such purpose.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of trustees or any agent authorized by the board who has the authority to deposit or withdraw funds is authorized to transfer funds from one depository to another or within a depository or to another institution, and may transfer funds wherein the transfer does not represent an expenditure, advance, or reduction of cash assets. Such transfer may be made by electronic, telephonic, or other medium; and each transfer shall be confirmed in writing and signed by the designee of the board.
History.—s. 8, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 1, ch. 76-21; s. 7, ch. 78-406; s. 2, ch. 82-104; s. 879, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.12 - County Hospitals; General Powers of Trustees; Duties; Tax Levies; Etc.

155.12 County hospitals; general powers of trustees; duties; tax levies; etc.—The board of hospital trustees shall have power to appoint a suitable superintendent or matron, or both, and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation and shall also have power to remove such appointees and shall in general carry out the spirit and intent of this law in establishing and maintaining a county hospital. The board of hospital trustees shall hold meetings at least once each month and keep a complete record of all its transactions. Three members of said board shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and two or more of said trustees shall visit and examine said hospital twice each month. The board shall, prior to July 1 of each year, file with the board of county commissioners of said county a report of their proceedings with reference to such hospital and a statement of all receipts and expenditures made during the year and shall certify to the said board of county commissioners the amount necessary for the improvement and maintenance of such public hospital, so established, during the ensuing year, and the said board of county commissioners shall, at its annual meeting for the purpose of determining the amount to be raised for all county purposes, levy a sufficient tax upon all the assessed value of the taxable property in the county as will produce the sum required by the said board of trustees’ report, but said hospital levy, together with the levy necessary to liquidate the bonds aforesaid, shall not exceed 10 mills on the assessed valuation. No trustee shall have a personal, pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any supplies for said hospital, unless the same are purchased by competitive bidding.
History.—s. 9, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 1, ch. 61-321; s. 2, ch. 76-21.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.13 - County Hospitals; Vacancies in Trustees.

155.13 County hospitals; vacancies in trustees.—Vacancies in the board of trustees occasioned by resignations, removal, or otherwise, shall be reported to the Governor of the state, who shall fill such vacancies in a like manner as the original appointments; appointees shall hold office for the remainder of the term in which the vacancy occurred.
History.—s. 10, ch. 20905, 1941.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations › Chapter 155 - Hospitals › 155.14 - County Hospitals; Bonds; Maturities; Interest; Etc.

155.14 County hospitals; bonds; maturities; interest; etc.—Whenever any county in this state shall have provided for the appointment of hospital trustees and has voted a tax for hospital purposes, as authorized by law, the said county shall issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of such tax in such sum and amounts as the board of hospital trustees shall certify to the board of county commissioners of said county to be necessary for the purpose contemplated by such tax, but such funds in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount which might be realized by said tax based on the amount which may be yielded on the property valuation of the year in which the tax is voted, and such bonds shall mature in not to exceed 30 years from date and shall be in sums of not less than $100, nor more than $1,000, drawing interest at a rate not exceeding 7.5 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually; said bonds shall be payable at the pleasure of the county after 5 years and each of said bonds shall provide that it is subject to this condition and shall not be sold for less than provided by law for other county bonds and shall be substantially in the form provided for county bonds, but subject to changes that will conform them to the provisions of this law, and be numbered consecutively and redeemable in the order of their issue.
History.—s. 11, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 2, ch. 26513, 1951; s. 8, ch. 73-302.