Florida Statute 395.7016 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 395
HOSPITAL LICENSING AND REGULATION

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395.7016 Annual appropriation.—The Legislature shall appropriate each fiscal year from either the General Revenue Fund or the Agency for Health Care Administration Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund an amount sufficient to replace the funds lost due to the reduction by chapter 2000-256, Laws of Florida, in the assessment on hospitals under s. 395.701 and to maintain federal approval of the reduced amount of funds deposited into the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund under s. 395.701 as state match for the state’s Medicaid program.

History.—s. 20, ch. 2000-256; s. 7, ch. 2020-156.

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Cgh Hosp. v. State, Agency for Health Care, 965 So. 2d 262 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 2682758

...In order to avoid losing federal matching Medicaid funds, the legislature appropriated $28.3 million to the PMATF for the 2000-2001 state fiscal year. Ch.2000-256, § 21, Laws of Fla. This annual appropriation continues to be funded by the General Revenue Fund or AHCA's Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund. § 395.7016, Fla....

...The statute may be read as whole and properly construed once legislative intent is determined. Joshua, 768 So.2d at 435. Conclusion The extrinsic facts presented in this case indicate that the legislature intended for the assessment reductions to have an immediate effect upon the hospital industry. Section 395.7016 mandates that the assessment reductions chapter 2000-256 be budget neutral in order to ensure that the State continues to receive matching Medicaid funds. § 395.7016, Fla....

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