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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided August 6, 2004Published

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Joseph G. Jarret Polk County Attorney Drawer AT01, Post Office Box 9005 Bartow, Florida 33831-9005

Dear Mr. Jarret:

As county attorney for Polk County you have requested my opinion on substantially the following questions:

1. Can the voter-approved indigent care surtax provided for in section212.055(7), Florida Statutes, and levied by Polk County in 2004 be used to pay Polk County's mandatory Medicaid contributions set out in section409.915, Florida Statutes, which requires the county to pay the cost of certain hospital stays and portions of nursing home costs for Medicaid eligible patients?

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fixel v. ClevengerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
  2. City of Miami v. Save Brickell Ave., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  3. Green v. GalvinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
  4. Williams v. ErgleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  5. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. MyersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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