395.4035  Trauma Services Trust Fund.--

(1)  There is hereby created the Trauma Services Trust Fund in the State Treasury, which shall be used exclusively for the development and support of a system of state-sponsored trauma centers. Trust fund revenue shall be used for the purpose of funding trauma patient care in a provisional state-sponsored trauma center, or a state-sponsored trauma center as provided for in this act; for funding the associated trauma claims processing costs, including the costs for the design, development, implementation, and operation of a payment system; and for administration of this act.

(2)  Any funds appropriated in the General Appropriations Act for the implementation of this act, and any other funds that become available for the implementation of this act, may be deposited in the Trauma Services Trust Fund.

History.--s. 9, ch. 90-284; s. 80, ch. 91-282; s. 40, ch. 92-289.