FL H0953

Defines "hospital district" as a special district governing a licensed hospital facility and requires decennial reauthorization of taxing authority on or before July 1, 2016, and every 10 years thereafter through voter referendum.

Limits hospital district property tax to no more than 2 mills and terminates taxing authority if voters do not approve reauthorization, with assets and liabilities allocated per Florida Statutes section 189.076(2).

Allows one-year delay of termination if county voters approve expansion of hospital district taxing authority countywide on a separate ballot question.

Authorizes creation of new, expanded, or combined hospital districts only with voter approval in a referendum asking approval of a tax up to 2 mills for indigent care.

Requires public hospitals meeting specified performance criteria to obtain an appraisal of hospital assets and economic analysis comparing costs of maintaining the hospital versus leasing or selling to a for-profit entity, with 100 percent of net proceeds dedicated to indigent care.