Florida Statute 409.918 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Chapter 409
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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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Cases Citing Statute 409.918

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Agency for Health Care Admin. v. Hameroff

816 So. 2d 1145, 2002 WL 730728

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 26, 2002 | Docket: 1555855

Cited 3 times | Published

funds. The PMATF is currently codified as section 409.918, Florida Statutes, and provides the following

Espinal v. State, Agency for Health Care Administration

1 So. 3d 316, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 344, 2009 WL 128272

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 21, 2009 | Docket: 60224764

Cited 1 times | Published

agency is entitled to recover the overpayment. See § 409.918(2), (7), (20), (21), Fla. Stat. (2006). The term

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