The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 409
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

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F.S. 409.918

409.918 Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund.—It is declared that access to adequate health care is a right which should be available to all Floridians. However, rapidly increasing health care costs threaten to make such care unaffordable for many citizens. The Legislature finds that unreimbursed health care services provided to persons who are unable to pay for such services cause the cost of services to paying patients to increase in a manner unrelated to the actual cost of services delivered. Further, the Legislature finds that inequities between hospitals in the provision of unreimbursed services prevent hospitals that provide the bulk of such services from competing on an equitable economic basis with hospitals that provide relatively little care to indigent persons. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide a method for funding the provision of health care services to indigent persons, the cost of which shall be borne by the state and by hospitals that are granted the privilege of operating in this state.

(1) All moneys collected pursuant to s. 395.701 shall be deposited into the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund, which is hereby created.

(2) Moneys deposited into the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund shall be used solely for the purposes specified by law.

History.—ss. 5, 7, ch. 84-35; s. 11, ch. 87-92; s. 25, ch. 88-294; s. 6, ch. 89-355; s. 48, ch. 91-282; s. 79, ch. 92-289; s. 9, ch. 96-417.

Note.—Former s. 409.2662.

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Amendments to 409.918

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 409.918

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 409.918.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ESPINAL, M. D. v. STATE AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,, 1 So. 3d 316 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . See § 409.918(2), (7), (20), (21), Fla. Stat. (2006). . . .

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, v. M. HAMEROFF, M. D., 816 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . The PMATF is currently codified as section 409.918, Florida Statutes, and provides the following statement . . . to the statute,' payments from the PMATF are dispersed “solely for the purposes specified by law.” § 409.918 . . . This comports with the legislature’s finding in section 409.918, Florida Statutes, that unreimbursed . . .