Commission highlights $750,000 presentation to UAB, Saint Vincent and Saint Clair Hospital

The chair reported a formal check presentation of $750,000 to UAB, Saint Vincent and Saint Clair Hospital, a transfer made possible by a recent legislative mechanism that allows private donations to be directed to hospital development with tax incentives. The chair said the county received the funds through the recently enacted approach and that the UAB chief executive attended the presentation. "UAB, Saint Vincent, Saint Clair Hospital for $750,000," the chair said while summarizing the event.

Commissioners praised the outcome as a benefit to local health care infrastructure and noted the commission retained a small administrative share in the program; the chair described the hospitals as excited about the investment and called the hospitals a "great asset in Saint Clair County."