Resolution 1989-220
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RESOLtlTION IMlBER 89- 220
A RESOLUTION StlPPORTING TIlE Fl1HDING OF TIlE STA:rE/COOHTf SIfARED
PROGIW1 8ECTION OF TIlE HEALTIf CARE RESPONSISILIrY ACT OF 1988
HHEREAS. the Soard at County Co..i..ioner. at Collier
County. Florida i. concerned that ho.pital .ervice. tor the
.edically indiqent are .orely needed and are now underfunded,
and
HHEREAS. the Health Care Ruponl1bllity Act of 198a..
enacted to addre.. this proble. by providinq inpatient ho.pital
.ervice. to .inqle adult. under the aq. of .ixty-five. childle..
couple.. and parent. in intact feailie. with incoae. of up to
one hundred percent of the Federal Poverty Inco.e Guideline..
where luch perlona do not .eet the criteria tor Hed1ea14 or
Iledicare
or do not have .ufficient third-party in.urance
coveraqe, and
IIlEIlEAS .
the Act.
referred, to 'a.
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a .ecUon of
atate/County Shared proqraa. provided that the Stat. and
countie. toqether would .hare the co.t of indiqant ho.pital
care. with participation optional for all counties a. of 1
January 1989. and with participation lII&ndatory beq1nnin'1 on 1
October 1989, and
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1IlEIlEAS. prior to I1qn1nq the State Suc1qet for the 1989-
1990 t1.cal year. Governor Sob Martinez v.toed the fund1nq of
the State portion of the State/County Shared Proqraa. Which
.0n1e. would have provided .1xty-tive percent of the co.t of
each COWlty'. proqruu and
1IlEIlEAS. th1. Soard believe. that fund1nq the St.te/County
Shared proqr.. a. ori'1inally .et out in the Act 1. in the be.t
intere.t of the health. .afety. and public welf.re of the
citizen. of Collier County. Florida,
NOli. TlfEREFORE. SE IT RESOLVED BY TIlE BOARD OF COOHTf
COIlHISSIONEllS OF COLLIER COOHTf. FLORIDA. that I
The Soard .upport. the State/County Shared proqraa if
funded and urqe. the Governor and the Florida State
Leqillature
to re.tore the fundin'1 nec....ry to
provide .ervice. to indiqent re.ident. .11gible under
thll Proqraa, ...1
BE IT f'lJRTIfER RESOLVED tha t I
The County Hanaqer i. hereby directed to .end . copy
at this reaolut1on to Governor Bob Martinez, Senate
President Bob Crawford, House Speaker To. Gustation,
and the Leqi.lative Deleqation of Collier
Florida.
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TlfIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after .otion. .econd. and roll call
vot'e 41 follow..
Co..iu1oner Saundsrs Absent and not voting
Coaais.10ner Hes.e Aye
Co..iuioner Goodniqht Motioned and aye
Comais1ioner VOlpe Aye
Co_ilsioner Shanahan Seconded and aye
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