Senate Bill sb2656

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2656

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1739-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to hospital county

  3         reimbursement; creating s. 154.317, F.S.;

  4         authorizing a county hospital to request

  5         reimbursement of costs of care incurred for an

  6         indigent from the county where that indigent is

  7         a resident; requiring the county of residency

  8         to reimburse the county or county hospital

  9         district for costs of care for such indigents

10         within a certain number of days following the

11         date of the request; providing an effective

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Section 154.317, Florida Statutes, is

17  created to read:

18         154.317  Expedited reimbursement

19  process.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,

20  any hospital that is an instrumentality of a county and any

21  county hospital district may immediately request reimbursement

22  of reasonable and necessary costs of care incurred for an

23  indigent from the county where that indigent is a resident.

24  The county of residency shall reimburse the county or county

25  hospital district for the reasonable and necessary costs of

26  care for such an indigent within 60 days after the date of the

27  request.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2656
    33-1739-07




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 3    Authorizes a county hospital to request reimbursement of
      costs of care incurred for an indigent from the county
 4    where that indigent is a resident. Requires that the
      county of residency reimburse the county or county
 5    hospital district for costs of care for such indigents
      within 60 days after the date of the request.
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