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RESOLUTION N0. 83-03
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSIN6 STRON6 OISAPPROYAI.
OF T?IE INTEtRION OF ?HE fLORIOl1 DEPARTI~ENT
OF HEALTN Alm REW~BILITATIYE SERYICES TO CLOSE
~ A. 6. NOLLEY STATE H06PITAL
WtiEREAS, the Board of County Comnissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations: -
~ 1. A. G. Holley State Hospital in lantana currently
provides care and treatment for tubercular patients from St. Lucie
County. ~
2. The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative
Services has recently indicated its intention to close A. G. Holley
State Hospital, the only tubercular care facility located in the State
of Florida.
3. St. lucie County has one of the highest rates of tuber-
culosis in the State of Florida.
~ 4. St. Lucie County cannot provide through a community
program the level of care that tubercular patients receive in a con-
trolled hospital program, such as that currently available at A. G.
, Holley State liospital.
5. The closing of A. G. Holley State Hospital, and the
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j resulting decentralization of tubercular patient care, would mean that
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r counties currently availed of the hospital would incur excessive costs
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f for local isolation units, recuperative service facilities, and medical
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support systems.
6. This Board should express its strong disapproval of
the intention to close A. G. Holley State Hospital. ~
~ Nq1, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLYED by the Board of County Com-
missioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, as follows:
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A. This Board expresses its strong disapproval of the ex-
~ pressed intention by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative
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~ Services. to close A. G. Holley State Hospital in Lantana. a tubercular
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~ B. The County Administrator is hereby directed to provide
' • a copy of this resolution to the Governor, each member of the Cabinet, ~
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