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Mr. James F. Heekin, Jr. Attorney, Southeast Volusia Hospital District and Bert Fish Medical Center, Inc. Post Office Box 2809 Orlando, Florida 32802-2809

Dear Mr. Heekin:

On behalf of the Southeast Volusia Hospital District and the Bert Fish Medical Center, Inc., you ask the following question:

Is the Bert Fish Medical Center, Inc., which operates a duly licensed acute care hospital as an instrumentality of its sole member, the Southeast Volusia Hospital District, a special independent tax district of the State of Florida, entitled to sovereign immunity under the provisions of section 768.28,…