Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Norman Foster
Department: Office of Management and Budget
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on September 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of the Governmental Center East, to consider adoption of a proposed Resolution providing for Fiscal Year 2025 assessment rates and amounts for a non-ad valorem special assessment to be imposed on private hospitals in Broward County to help finance supplemental payments to the Hospitals pursuant to the Medicaid Hospital Directed Payment Program and the Low Income Pool Program ("Special Assessment").
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Why Action is Necessary
Broward County Local Provider Participation Fund Ordinance, Article V of Chapter 16 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances, provides for the Board to adopt a rate resolution for the Special Assessment.
What Action Accomplishes
This action approves the non-ad valorem assessment rates and amounts to be levied on private for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals that provide inpatient hospital services and sets the Public Hearing to adopt the assessment rates and amounts.
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Previous Action Taken
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Summary Explanation/Background
Pursuant to the Broward County Local Provider Participation Fund Ordinance, codified in Article V of Chapter 16 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances ("Ordinance"), the Broward County Board of County Commissioners will convene a public hearing to discuss, consider, and take action on a resolution setting the rate of collection and assessment amount for a non-ad valorem special assessment on local private hospitals ("Special Assessment"), which Special Assessment is due on receipt of the invoice.
The Special Assessment is intended to finance intergovernmental transfers, provided consistent with federal guidelines, that fund a p...
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