Florida Statute 155.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

155.20 County hospitals; charity patients; hospital charges.—The board of hospital trustees shall have power to determine whether or not patients presented to such public hospital for treatment are subjects of charity, and shall fix the charges for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, and attendance, other than medical or surgical attendance, of those persons able to pay for same, as the board of trustees may deem just and proper, the receipts therefor to be paid by him or her to the hospital fund.

History.—s. 17, ch. 20905, 1941; s. 880, ch. 95-147.

Cases Citing F.S. 155.20

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·United States v. Ruberman Ardon Chinchilla (11th Cir. 2021).
Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
...in federal healthcare benefits, including the premium tax credit, recognize an order of supervision that grants employment authorization as evidence of legal permission to remain in the United States. See 26 C.F.R. § 1.36B-1(g) (2019); 45 C.F.R. § 155.20 (2019). Under those regulations, anyone who is “lawfully present” in the United States is eligible to apply for certain taxpayer subsidized healthcare benefits. See 26 C.F.R. § 1.36B-1(g); 45 C.F.R. § 155.20....
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Cases Citing F.S. 155.20

·United States v. Ruberman Ardon Chinchilla (11th Cir. 2021).