| 1 | The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends |
| 2 | the following: |
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| 4 | Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the North Lake County Hospital |
| 8 | District, Lake County; amending chapter 2002-348, Laws of |
| 9 | Florida; providing for payment of tax proceeds to |
| 10 | designees of the Florida Hospital Waterman, Inc., and |
| 11 | Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Inc., under specified |
| 12 | circumstances; providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida |
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| 16 | Section 1. Subsections D and E of section 4 of section 3 |
| 17 | of chapter 2002-348, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: |
| 18 | Section 4. POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES.-- |
| 19 | D. Tax proceeds to charitable foundations; hospitals.--All |
| 20 | future tax proceeds generated from within the Northeast |
| 21 | Territory, less one-half of the amount reserved annually by the |
| 22 | board to pay for maintenance and services for the board, shall |
| 23 | be paid by the board of trustees to Florida Hospital Waterman |
| 24 | Foundation, Inc., or other entity determined by Florida Hospital |
| 25 | Waterman, Inc., if it so desires in order to maximize moneys |
| 26 | received, upon written request by Florida Hospital Waterman |
| 27 | Foundation, Inc., that the funds are needed for health care. All |
| 28 | future proceeds generated from within the Northwest Territory, |
| 29 | less one-half of the amount reserved annually by the board to |
| 30 | pay for maintenance and services for the board, shall be paid by |
| 31 | the board of trustees to Leesburg Regional Medical Center |
| 32 | Charitable Foundation, Inc., or other entity determined by |
| 33 | Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Inc., if it so desires in |
| 34 | order to maximize moneys received, upon written request by |
| 35 | Leesburg Regional Medical Center Charitable Foundation, Inc., |
| 36 | that the funds are needed for health care. |
| 37 | E. LifeStream Behavioral Center.--Leesburg Regional |
| 38 | Medical Center Charitable Foundations, Inc., and Florida |
| 39 | Hospital Waterman Foundation, Inc., have brought to the |
| 40 | attention of their the respective boards that LifeStream |
| 41 | Behavioral Center should be entitled to receive the following |
| 42 | sums, after submission of a written request by LifeStream |
| 43 | Behavioral Center certifying that the funds are needed for |
| 44 | indigent health care. The request shall be made to Florida |
| 45 | Hospital Waterman Foundation, Inc., and Leesburg Regional |
| 46 | Medical Center Charitable Foundation, Inc. Florida Hospital |
| 47 | Waterman Foundation, Inc., and Leesburg Regional Medical Center |
| 48 | Charitable Foundation, Inc., shall pay the following sums to |
| 49 | LifeStream Behavioral Center from their respective share of tax |
| 50 | funds collected and received by Florida Hospital Waterman |
| 51 | Foundation, Inc., and Leesburg Regional Medical Center |
| 52 | Charitable Foundation, Inc. |
| 53 | 1. For each year after calendar year 1993, LifeStream |
| 54 | Behavioral Center shall be paid $100,000 or 1/20 of 1 mill of |
| 55 | the tax moneys due Florida Hospital Waterman Foundation, Inc., |
| 56 | from the Northeast Territory, whichever is greater, plus |
| 57 | $100,000 or 1/20 of 1 mill of the tax moneys due Leesburg |
| 58 | Regional Medical Center Charitable Foundation, Inc., from the |
| 59 | Northwest Territory, whichever is greater. If Florida Hospital |
| 60 | Waterman Foundation, Inc., or Leesburg Regional Medical Center |
| 61 | Charitable Foundation, Inc., refuses to pay LifeStream |
| 62 | Behavioral Center the funds due under this section in any given |
| 63 | year, during the next fiscal year of the Board of Trustees of |
| 64 | the North Lake County Hospital District, the Board of Trustees |
| 65 | of the North Lake County Hospital District shall directly pay |
| 66 | LifeStream Behavioral Center an amount equal to the funds |
| 67 | withheld during the previous year by the subject provider |
| 68 | payable from funds that which would otherwise be payable to the |
| 69 | subject provider. |
| 70 | 2. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this act, the |
| 71 | obligation to pay tax revenues to LifeStream Behavioral Center |
| 72 | under this act shall permanently terminate in the year: |
| 73 | a. When a countywide health taxing district is created and |
| 74 | funded pursuant to chapter 154, Florida Statutes, the countywide |
| 75 | health taxing district provides for reimbursement on an |
| 76 | accountability basis to medical providers for medical, hospital, |
| 77 | and emergency care, including psychiatric care provided to |
| 78 | indigents indigent residing within the county, and the |
| 79 | countywide health taxing district actually reimburses LifeStream |
| 80 | Behavioral Center for medical services in an amount greater than |
| 81 | or equal to the tax revenues received under the provisions of |
| 82 | this act in 1 calendar year; or |
| 83 | b. If LifeStream Behavioral Center, for any reason, loses, |
| 84 | relinquishes, or forfeits its accreditation as a hospital. |
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| 86 | Any reimbursement for medical services paid to LifeStream |
| 87 | Behavioral Center by any future countywide health taxing |
| 88 | district shall be deducted from the amount of tax revenues to be |
| 89 | paid under this act. It is the intent of this act that the tax |
| 90 | revenue revenues payments provided for LifeStream Behavioral |
| 91 | Center in this act be reduced by the same amount that is |
| 92 | actually paid to the hospital by the countywide taxing district. |
| 93 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |