CopyPublished | Supreme Court of Florida | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 48, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 1376
...This subsequent modification restricts this provision *1233 on indigent medical care to a "power" of the county. We find no legislative mandate in present statutes to impose this duty on the counties of this state; in fact, a contrary legislative intent appears in other legislation discussed below. See § 155.03, Fla....
...e counties. First, chapter 155 was not intended to apply to public trust hospitals like Jackson Memorial. See 1973 Op.Att'y Gen.Fla. 073-431 (Nov. 26, 1973). More important, a reading of the chapter shows a contrary legislative intent. For instance, section
155.03 states: "[N]othing herein shall require the board of county commissioners to expend any funds of the county in the maintenance of such hospital or the administration of such trust." §
155.05, Fla....
...es aside for the moment the question of the effect of Dade County's contractual agreement entered into when it took over operation of Jackson Memorial Hospital from the City of Miami. See Cleary v. Dade County,
160 Fla. 892,
37 So.2d 248 (1948). [2] §
155.03, Fla....
