Florida Statutes 154.316 – Hospital’s responsibility to notify of admission of indigent patients
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 154.316
- Agency: means the Agency for Health Care Administration. See Florida Statutes 154.304
- Certification determination procedures: means the process used by the county of residence or the agency to determine a person's county of residence. See Florida Statutes 154.304
- Hospital: means an establishment as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 154.304
- Participating hospital: means a hospital which is eligible to receive reimbursement under the provisions of this part because it has been certified by the agency as having met its charity care obligation and has either:(a) A formal signed agreement with a county or counties to treat such county's indigent patients; or(b) Demonstrated to the agency that at least 2. See Florida Statutes 154.304
- Regional referral hospital: means any hospital that is eligible to receive reimbursement under the provision of this part because it has met its charity care obligation and it meets the definition of teaching hospital as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 154.304
(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.