Florida Florida Statutes
§ 154.03 — Cooperation with Department of Health and United States Government
FS § 154.03Ch. 154
Statute text
View on source(1)The county commissioners of any county may agree with the Department of Health upon the expenditure by the department in such county of any funds allotted for that purpose by the department or received by it for such purposes from private contributions or other sources, and such funds shall be paid to the Chief Financial Officer and shall form a part of the full-time county health department trust fund of such county; and such funds shall be expended by the department solely for the purposes of this chapter. The department is further authorized to arrange and agree with the United States Governrve" class="Text Intro Justify">At a minimum, the trust fund shall consist of:(a) An operating reserve, consisting of 8.5 percent of the annual operating budget, maintained to ensure adequate cash flow from nonstate revenue sources.
(b)An emergency reserve of $500,000, derived from an annual assessment on county health department funds based upon their proportionate share of state general revenue, maintained for county health departments to respond to public health emergencies such as epidemics and natural disasters.
(c)A fixed capital outlay reserve for nonrecurring expenses that are needed for the renovation and expansion of facilities, and for the construction of new and replacement facilities identified by the Department of Health in conjunction with the board of county commissioners in their annual state-county contract and approved by the State Surgeon General. These funds may not be used for construction projects unless there is a specific appropriation included in the General Appropriations Act for this purpose.
Legislative history
s. 2, ch. 14906, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 2934(23); s. 19, ch. 29615, 1955; s. 2, ch. 61-119; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 72-323; s. 30, ch. 77-147; s. 5, ch. 83-177; s. 2, ch. 86-220; s. 3, ch. 88-294; s. 869, ch. 95-147; s. 14, ch. 96-403; s. 3, ch. 2001-53; s. 150, ch. 2003-261; s. 10, ch. 2008-6; s. 1, ch. 2009-57.