Ordinance 93-90 ORDINANCE WENDING COLLIER CO TY ORDI.AN
_~%~'~ ~-4~ BY ~ENDIN~ SECTION FIVE To DELE?E
~.~ ~,~pHINIST~TIVE DElINqUENT FEE FOR n~?z PA~HENW~F
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~ ,~NIT C~GES FOR SERVICES ~D RE~TED ~TERIALS;
.... ~PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT ~D SEVE~BILITY AND PROVIDING
~ EFFECTIVE DATE.
~ER~S, the Board of County Co~issioners adopted Collier
County ordinance No. 91-46 establishing a billing and collection
procedure for Collier County provided health related services; and
WHEREAS, ordinance No. 9~-46 provides for an administrative
delinquent fee to be added to each ~S account that becomes thirty
days past due, sixty days past due, seventy-five days past due and
ninety days past due; and
~ER~S, the financial impact of applying the administrative
delinquent fee Is not economically feasible and has met with a
high degree of customer dissatisfaction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BO~D OF CO~TY
CO~ISSIONERS OF COLLIER CO~TY, F~RIDA, that:
SECTION ONE. ~endments to Section Five of Collier County
Ordinance No. 9~-46.
Section Five of Collier County Ordinance No. 91-46 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION FIVE: BILLING ~D COLLECTION PROCEDURE
The following shall be the procedure for billing and
collection of health related service fees and charges. This
procedure may be revised and/or emended by the Board by
res61ution.
a. Initial fees and charges for health care shall be
assessed either prior to or following service
provision, as service dynamics reasonably permit.
Unpaid fees and charges, at the time of service,
shall be reflected tn an accounts receivable ledger
system.
b. An initial bill for previously assessed but unpaid
fees and charges or previously unassessed fees and
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charges shall be sent to the patient within thirty
(30) days after service is provided. Said bill
c. If the initial bill is not paid within thirty (30)
days from the initial billing date, then a "past
due" bill will be sent to the patient.
account ~ · ' day duc" =~ · · ~-
pa~ent plan will be available for past due bill
recipients. Each provider agency shall establish
and administer a pa~ent plan.
d. If the initial bill is delinquent and not paid
within 60 days from the initial billing date or a
pa~ent plan is not established and active, a notice
of delinquency shall be sent to the service
recipient or responsible party. '-
e. If the initial bill for EMS services is delinquent
and not paid within 75 days from the initial billing
date or a pa~ent plan is not established and
active, another notice of delinquency shall be sent
to the service recipient or responsible party.
f. If the initial bill is delinquent and not paid
within 90 days from the initial billing date, a
final notice of delinquency shall be sent to the
service recipient or responsible party specifying
that the account may be pursued through civil
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action, collection agency or other collection
methods.
~ account be.ante .......... ~ thn
approved ra~c
g. When billings, at any stage in this billing and
collection procedure, are returned because the
Postal Service cannot effectuate delivery, the
providing agency shall make a reasonable effort to
ascertain the correct mailing address. If
reasonable efforts to ascertain a correct address
fail, the account(s) may be turned over to a
collection agency.
h. Nothing contained in this section shall preclude
reasonable telephone or other contact for billing or
collection purposes, in accordance with all
applicable laws.
i. At the end of each fiscal year, the provider agency
shall review all past due accounts and report to the
Board of County Commissioners all past due accounts
which the agency believes are uncollectable. The
Board of County Commissioners may, after reviewing
these accounts and after finding that diligent
efforts at collection have proven unsuccessful,
remove past due accounts from active accounts
receivable in accordance with Chapter 17, Florida
Statutes, and report, by resolution, these accounts
to the state Department of Banking and Finance to
adjust and settle or cause to be adjusted and
settled.
SECTION TWO. Conflict and Severability
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other
ordinance of Collier County or other applicable law, the more
restrictive shall apply. ~a~ny ~e or portion of the
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Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent Jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate,
distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION THREE. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall become effective upon receipt of notice
from the Secretary of State that this Ordinance has been filed
with the Secretary of State.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners
of Conier county, Florida, this /Y day of
X993.
ATT~S'T;:.L£~ BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
"DWIGHT E.j.B.ROCK, CLERK COLLIER CO~TY, FLORIDA
~ '/ ~.~ . / BURT L. SAUNDERS, CHAI~
',qAp~rovsd aS'to fo~ and
~%ega 1 sufficiency:
Ramiro ManaIich- - -
Assistant County Attorney
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? STATE OF FLORIDA )
i7~. COUNTY OF COLLIER )
I, DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk of Courts in and for the
...~i! Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Collier County, Florida, do
hereby certify that the foregoing ia a true copy of:
Ordinance No. 93-90
which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on
the 14th day of December, 1993, during Regular Session.
, WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of
' County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 15th
~'~* day of December, 1993.
DWIGHT E. BROCK .",'~" ~'"*
Clerk of Courts and Clerk "~,
Ex-officio to Board of
County Commissioners
Maur
Deputy Clerk
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