Resolution 449-2009
RESOLUTION NO. 449 -2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE BILLING COl\1P ANY
FOR TRAUMA STAR TO NOT BILL THE MONROE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR MONROE
COUNTY FOR TRANPORTATION OF ARRESTEES
CHARGED WITH A VIOLATION OF A STATE OR
COUNTY ORDINANCE WHEN ALL OTHER
:METHODS OF REIMBURSE:MENT HA VE BEEN
SOUGHT PURSUANT TO F.S. 901.35
WHEREAS, Monroe County and the Monroe County Sheriff's office operate a rapid-
transport air ambulance to provide air transportation of trauma, critically injured and ill
patients, herein after called "Trauma Star", which is funded by the residents of Monroe
County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, in medical emergency situations, inmates of the Monroe County Detention
Center may require transportation via Trauma Star; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County contracts with a billing company to provide billing
services for Trauma Star services; and
WHEREAS, Section 901.35, Florida Statutes, sets forth the financial responsibility for
the medical expenses incurred in providing medical care including transportation; and
WHEREAS, ES. 901.35(2), states that when reimbursement sources as set forth in the
statute are not available; the costs of medical care, including transportation shall be paid
from the general fund of the county in which the person was arrested when the arrest was
for a violation of state law or county ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with F.S. 901.35, the County is both charging and being
billed for transportation services it provides via Trauma Star; and
WHEREAS, the billing company for Trauma Star is billing and seeking reimbursement
from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for transportation services which are already
funded from county-wide tax dollars, which is a misuse of time and resources; and
WHEREAS, in order to avoid the arbitrary practice of transferring funds from one fund
to another;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County:
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1. Monroe County Board of County Commissioners hereby directs the billing
company for Trauma Star to not bill Monroe County Sheriff's Office or Monroe County
for transportation services rendered via Trauma Star to arrestees, which are arrested for a
violation of a state law or county ordinance, when all other reimbursement sources have
been sought since the transportation services are already funded by Monroe County and
to bill for such services would be a misuse of time and resources.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 18th day of November ,2009.
Mayor Sylvia Murphy
Mayor Pro Tem Heather Carruthers
Commissioner George Neugent
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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fv10NROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
rPPROY.ED AS TO FORM:
CHRISTIN M. LIM EAT-BARROWS
ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY
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