County commissioners to vote on Lee Health conversion agreement Aug. 20

Author: Therese McDevitt, Gulfshore Business
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Credit: WINK News

After listening to staff recommendations and public comments addressing both sides of the issue, Lee County commissioners voted Aug. 6 to take the next step in considering the conversion of Lee Health from a public to private nonprofit. 

Commissioners voted to place a draft mission agreement with Lee Health on the agenda for the next regular meeting Aug. 20, which would then start a 45-day period for public review and comment before a final vote in October. 

According to the timeline set forth in the legislative enabling act that made the conversion exploration possible, the vote must be completed by then or the entire process would start over. 

Still at issue for the commissioners are several items, including oversight and monitoring, enforceability and a complete schedule of assets and liabilities that would be transferred to the new entity created in a conversion.

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