Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #802FY0001 Baker Community Hospital Project
Requester:		Dennis Markos			Organization:		Baker Community Hospital
Project Title:		Baker Community Hospital Project			Date Submitted:		02/07/2001 7:35:25 PM
Sponsors:		Aaron Bean
Statewide Interest:		To provide affordable care access to Floridians; only facility between Gainesville and Jacksonville
Recipient:		Baker Community Hospital			Contact:		Curt Blair
		Post Office Box 484			Contact Phone:		(850) 222-6333
		Macclenny 32063
Counties:		Baker
Service Area:		Government Entity
Project Description:
Baker Community Hospital requesting support to reduce the debt service on an $11,000,000 new hospital and nursing home. The new hospital replaced an inadequate facility that was not fully serving the people of Baker County. Baker Community Hospital is a statutory rural hospital, providing care to rural and low-income citizens in and around Baker County. The hospital absorbs the costs for medically indigent at four times the national average. The supported request would allow the hospital to continue to provide rural community with an emergency room, as well as other health care services required of a hospital.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The rural people of Baker County will continue to have access to emergency and long-term healthcare.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$1,000,000
Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:			592 B
Specific Appropriation Title:			Grants and Aids to Local Governments and Nonprofit Organizations-Fixed Capitol Outlay-Rural Hospitals
Amount to be reduced:			$1,000,000
Fund Source:			General Revenue
Total cost of the project:			$2,000,000
Request has been made to fund:				Operations
Type of funding match:		Local
	Total Cash Amount:		$1,000,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		1999-2000		Amount:		$650,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							No
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Baker Community Hospital is a statutory designated hospital.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		Baker County Legislative Delegation
	Meeting Date:		01/16/2001