Florida Statute 154.314 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 154
PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES

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F.S. 154.314

154.314 Certification of the State of Florida.—

(1) In the event payment for the costs of services rendered by a participating hospital or a regional referral hospital is not received from the responsible county within 90 days of receipt of a statement for services rendered to a qualified indigent who is a certified resident of the county, or if the payment is disputed and said payment is not received from the county determined to be responsible within 60 days of the date of exhaustion of all administrative and legal remedies, the hospital shall certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount owed by the county.

(2) The Chief Financial Officer shall have no longer than 45 days from the date of receiving the hospital’s certified notice to forward the amount delinquent to the appropriate hospital from any funds due to the county under any revenue-sharing or tax-sharing fund established by the state, except as otherwise provided by the State Constitution. The Chief Financial Officer shall provide the Governor and the fiscal committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate with a quarterly accounting of the amounts certified by hospitals as owed by counties and the amount paid to hospitals out of any revenue or tax sharing funds due to the county.

History.—s. 9, ch. 77-455; s. 15, ch. 88-294; s. 11, ch. 98-191; s. 155, ch. 2003-261.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 154.314

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 154.314.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 154.314

Total Results: 1

Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center v. Lewis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-05-29T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 399 So. 2d 106, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 19993

Snippet: indigents from that county pursuant to Section 154.314, Florida Statutes (1979). It is the position of…emergency. See § 154.306. Additionally, Section 154.-314 provides that if a county has not paid its bill…scope to determine if the prerequisites of Section 154.314 have been satisfied under the powers bestowed to…1972). The provisions in Chapter 17 and Section 154.314 should be read together to permit this result.