The Agency for Health Care Administration has received and accepted the following Certificate of Need applications for review in the batched Other Beds and Programs review cycle with an application due date of November 16, 2011.

County: Duval                     District: 4

CON # 10133                        Application Receipt Date: 11/15/2011

Facility/Project: Brooks Skilled Nursing Facility A, Inc.

Applicant: Brooks Skilled Nursing Facility A, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a 119-bed replacement community nursing home

County: Volusia                  District: 4

CON # 10134                        Application Receipt Date: 11/16/2011

Facility/Project: Halifax Health Hospice of Volusia/Flagler

Applicant: Halifax Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a 12-bed inpatient hospice facility

County: Miami-Dade          District: 11

CON # 10135                        Application Receipt Date: 11/16/2011

Facility/Project: State 27 Hospice Care, Inc.

Applicant: State 27 Hospice Care, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a new hospice program

Also, IF REQUESTED, tentative public hearings have been scheduled as follows:

PROPOSAL:          District 4 – CON #10133

DATE/TIME:        Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE:                  Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, Inc.

                                644 Cesery Boulevard, Suite 210

                                Jacksonville, FL 32211

PROPOSAL:          District 4 –CON #10034

DATE/TIME:        Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

PLACE:                  Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, Inc.

                                644 Cesery Boulevard, Suite 210

                                Jacksonville, FL 32211

PROPOSAL:          District 11

DATE/TIME:        Thursday, January 5, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

PLACE:                  Health Council of South Florida, Inc.

                                8095 N.W. 12th Street, Suite 300

                                Miami, FL 33126

Public hearing requests must be in writing and be received at: Agency for Health Care Administration, CON Office, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 28, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, Attention: James B. McLemore, by 5:00 p.m., December 16, 2011. In lieu of requesting and attending a public hearing, written comments submitted to the department relative to the merits of these applications will become part of the official project application file. Pursuant to subsection 59C-1.010(3), F.A.C., written comments must be received by December 21, 2011.