“That contribution will go back to the indigent care trust fund, which goes back to the hospital,” Scott said.

Also, those surgery centers will be mandated to make a 4 percent contribution to the indigent trust fund if they don’t accept Medicaid covered patients.

“The resolution for CON is a good example of how we work with both sides to get a solution,” Scott said. “We worked with people who had supported and opposed it in prior elections and came out with a bill that the vast majority of people on either side of the issue are satisfied is fair.”

Scott said he also worked on the Joint Comprehensive State Trauma Service, which led to $50 million in funding for a trauma network in the state which, in part, would provide more emergency medical transportation. He is also working with Georgia Agricultural Commissioner Tommy Irvin in an attempt to get a commitment to move some of Georgia’s state agricultural department to Tifton.

Scott is the father of a son, Wells, who is 8. His wife is Vivien. The couple resides in Ashburn.

To contact senior reporter Angie Thompson, call 382-4231.