Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 092500 |
Printable PDF Format Clerk's Official Copy |
File Number: 092500 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-1125-09 | Control: Board of County Commissioners | ||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 9/15/2009 | ||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 9/15/2009 | 11A15 | Adopted | P | |||
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County Attorney | 9/2/2009 | Assigned | Jess M. McCarty | ||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO MAXIMIZE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING FOR JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM BODY WHEREAS, Jackson Health System (�Jackson�) is the State of Florida�s largest provider of charity care, serving the Florida community as the only safety net hospital in Miami-Dade County; and WHEREAS, Jackson consists of Jackson Memorial Hospital, 10 primary care centers, 17 school-based clinics, two long-term care nursing facilities, an outpatient diagnostic center, a children�s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a mental health hospital and two community hospitals; and WHEREAS, Jackson is consistently listed in US News and World Report as one of the Nation�s top hospitals in a variety of specialties; and WHEREAS, in 2008, Jackson spent approximately $525 million on charity care, a level that is not only the highest in Florida but also among the highest in the U.S.; and WHEREAS, total costs for charity care at Jackson are estimated to increase by another $10 million in fiscal year 2009-10; and WHEREAS, Jackson is continually overburdened by an inordinate amount of charity care that continues to be a financial strain on the system; and WHEREAS, the current recession has resulted in an even larger demand for charity care; and WHEREAS, maintaining existing funding and increasing funding where possible to Jackson at both the federal and state levels is essential to ensuring that Jackson can continue to effectively provide charity care, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board: Section 1. Urges Congress and the Florida Legislature to maximize federal and state funding for Jackson Health System. Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the members of the Florida Congressional Delegation, the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker, and the Chair and Members of the Miami-Dade County State Legislative Delegation. Section 3. Directs the County's federal and state lobbyists to advocate for the legislation set forth in Section 1 above, and authorizes and directs the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to amend the 2009 and 2010 Federal Legislative Packages and the 2010 State Legislative Package to include this item. |
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