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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: March 19, 2013
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Dino J. Villani
SUBJECT: Resolution Supporting a Trauma Center in Okaloosa County
DEPARTMENT: Public Safety
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Approve the resolution supporting the change to the apportionment
of trauma centers within Trauma Service Area 1, allowing for the addition of a trauma center in
Okaloosa County.
BACKGROUND: A resolution was approved by the Okaloosa County Board of County
Commissioners on March 17, 2009, supporting Fort Walton Beach Medical Center's application
to become a trauma center. Fort Walton Beach Medical Center's application was denied in 2009.
They are submitting another request to the Florida Department of Health to become a trauma
center in Okaloosa County.
OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve the resolution supporting the addition of a trauma center in
Okaloosa County.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
James D. Curry, County Administrator