Florida Florida Statutes
§ 154.309 — Certification of county of residence
FS § 154.309Ch. 154
Statute text
View on source(1)The agency, pursuant to s. 154.3105, shall adopt rules for certification determination procedures which provide criteria to be used for determining a qualified indigent's county of residence. Such criteria must include, at a minimum, how and to what extent residency shall be verified and how a hospital shall be notified of a patient's certification or the inability to certify a patient.
(2)In all instances, the county known or thought to be the county of residence shall be given first opportunity to certify a resident. If the county known or thought to be the county of residence fails to, or is unable to, make such determination within 60 days following written notification by a hospital, the agency shall determine residency utilizing the same criteria required by rule as the counestablish eligibility thresholds which are more restrictive than 100 percent of the federal poverty line.
(6)Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, there is hereby established a spend-down program for persons who would otherwise qualify as qualified indigent persons, but whose average family income, for the 12 months preceding the determination, is between 100 percent and 150 percent of the federal poverty level. The agency shall adopt, by rule, procedures for the spend-down program. The rule shall require that in order to qualify, a person must have incurred bills for hospital care which would otherwise have qualified for payment under this part. This subsection does not apply to persons who are residents of counties that are at their 10-mill cap on October 1, 1991.
Legislative history
s. 6, ch. 77-455; s. 10, ch. 88-294; s. 6, ch. 90-295; s. 4, ch. 91-173; s. 874, ch. 95-147; s. 6, ch. 98-191.