Lower Florida Keys Hospital District
Statute
Special Districts are governed generally pursuant to Chapter 189, Florida Statutes.
Public Purpose
The Board of the District is authorized to establish, construct, lease, operate and maintain a hospital or hospital, medical facilities, and other health care related facilities and services as in its opinion shall be necessary for the use of the people of the District. The hospital, or hospitals, medical facilities, and other health care related facilities and services shall be established, constructed, leased, operated and maintained by the Board for the preservation of the public health, for the public good, and for the use of the public of the District, and maintenance of such hospital or hospitals, medical facilities, or other health care related facilities or services within the District is found and declared to be a public purpose and necessary for the preservation of the public health and welfare of the District and inhabitants thereof.
Service Area
The service area which consists of the southern end of the Seven Mile Bridge south through and including the City of Key West. The services provided by the District, through a lease to Key West HMA, LLC, is the operation of an acute care hospital; and the services provided by the District, through a lease to Key West Health and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, is the operation of a nursing home/rehabilitation facility.
Charter
The Lower Florida Keys Hospital District is an independent special district, created in 1967 by act of the Florida Legislature, codified at Chapter 67-1724, Laws of Florida, as amended, and re-codified at Chapter 2003-307, Laws of Florida. Attached is a link to Chapter 2003-307 (the Enabling Act of the District).