Resolution 153-1992
County Transportation Program
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RESOLUTION NO. 153 -1992
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
S lONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLOR IDA, ENABLING
U~D PREGNANT MINORS TO QUALIFY FOR AND HAVE
ACCESS TO THE MONROE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM
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WHEREAS, the Monroe County Transportation Program provides
transportation services for the eighteen year and over population
of Monroe County, without regard to race, color, creed, sex,
national origin or handicap, on a space available basis; and
WHEREAS, the primary reason for the Monroe County Transpor-
tation Program's age restriction is that it is an adult program
funded by Title III of the Older Americans Act, its present
target group and the current primary users of the service is the
senior citizen population, and there are concerns on the part of
the program's administrators that, were they to remove the
eighteen and under ban, parents would place their unaccompanied
children aboard the service, for uses significantly altering the
program's intent; and
WHEREAS, there exists a genuine need to provide transporta-
tion services to unwed pregnant minors so that they may receive
all transportation services consist~nt with the spirit and
purpose of the Monroe County Transportation Program and primarily
for, but not limited to services in conjunction with their
prenatal care such as visits to doctor's offices, clinic appoint-
ments and hospital visits; and
WHEREAS, for purposes of qualifying for such federally
funded programs such as Medicaid, an unwed pregnant minor is
merely required to demonstrate a showing of indigency, and not
demonstrate eligibility by being eighteen or over, and therefore,
is treated as an "emancipated adult" under federal law guidelines
for such program eligibility; and
w1iEREAS, the Monroe Count:y Transportation Program, which
prohibits unwed pregnant minors from eligibility, using the
rationale that they are not emancipated adults for purposes
qualifying for of transportation eligibility, could be found to
be discriminatory and in conflict with federal guidelines; and
WHEREAS, FSA Sec. 1.01(14) and 743.07, which define a minor
in the State of Florida as any person who has not attained the
age of eighteen years, has been modified, and the disability of
non-age has been removed, under Florida law, as to: A minor who
is married or has been married or subsequently becomes married
(FSA Sec. 743.01); enabling an unwed pregnant minor to consent to
medical and surgical care and services for herself and for her
child (FSA Sec. 743.065), and enabling an unmarried minor mother
to execute a valid consent to the adoption of her child (FSA Sec.
156); and
WHEREAS, in the event that unwed pregnant minors were
married, they would be considered adults under Florida law; now
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
Section 1.
That the Mayor/Chairman of the Board hereby
authorizes the use of the Monroe County Transportation Program by
unwed pregnant minors for the purpose of accessing such transpor-
tation services consistent with the spirit and purpose of the
program and so anticipated by it.
Section 2.
That the disability of non-age is hereby
removed as to unwed pregnant minors for the limited purposes of
their consideration as adults for the purpose of qualifying for
eligibility under the services provided by the Monroe County
Transportation Program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the 11 th day of March 1992.
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Mayor Harvey Yes
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Mayor Pro Tem London Yes
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Commissioner Cheal Yes
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Commissioner Jones Yes
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Commissioner Stormont Yes
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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BY:~_:'>~~;~:;-rman ~
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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