NOTICE OF BATCHED APPLICATION RECEIPT

AND

NOTICE OF TENTATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Agency for Health Care Administration has received and accepted the following Certificate of Need applications for review in the batched Other Beds & Services review cycle with an application due date of May 24, 2006.

County: Hernando               District: 3

CON #: 9922                          Application Receipt Date: 5/23/2006

Facility/Project: Hernando Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Hernando Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a freestanding inpatient hospice facility of up to 24 beds

County: Nassau                   District: 4

CON #: 9923                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Applicant: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a 24-bed ICF/DD through the delicensure of 24 of the 70 beds at Amelia Island Care Center

County: Nassau                   District: 4

CON #: 9924                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Applicant: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a 24-bed ICF/DD through the delicensure of 24 of the 70 beds at Amelia Island Care Center

County: Nassau                   District: 4

CON #: 9925                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Applicant: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a 24-bed ICF/DD through the delicensure of 22 ICF/DD beds at Amelia Island and the addition of two new ICF/DD beds

County: Pinellas                   District: 5

CON #: 9926                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital

Applicant: Tarpon Springs Hospital Foundation

Project Deion: Establish an adult open heart surgery program

County: Desoto                    District: 8

CON #: 9927                          Application Receipt Date: 5/12/2006

Facility/Project: Tidewell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.

Applicant: Tidewell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a freestanding inpatient hospice facility of up to 12 beds

County: Broward                  District: 10

CON #: 9928                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: Catholic Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Catholic Hospice, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a hospice program

County: Broward                  District: 10

CON #: 9929                          Application Receipt Date: 5/23/2006

Facility/Project: Heartland Services of Florida, Inc.

Applicant: Heartland Services of Florida, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a hospice program

County: Broward                  District: 10

CON #: 9930                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc.

Applicant: Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a hospice program

County: Broward                  District: 10

CON #: 9931                          Application Receipt Date: 5/22/2006

Facility/Project: Hospice of the Palm Coast, Inc.

Applicant: Hospice of the Palm Coast, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish a hospice program

County: Dade                       District: 11

CON #: 9932                          Application Receipt Date: 5/24/2006

Facility/Project: Mount Sinai Medical Center

Applicant: Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.

Project Deion: Establish an adult autologous or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation program

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

PROPOSALS:                       District 3

DATE AND TIME:              Monday, July 10, 2006, 2:00 p.m. – until 4:00 p.m.

PLACE:                                  WellFlorida Council, 1015 N. W. 56th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32605

PROPOSALS:                       District 4

DATE AND TIME:              Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 10:00 a.m. – until 11:00 a.m.

PLACE:                                  Health Planning Council of N.E. Florida. 900 University Boulevard, North, 2nd Floor,

                                                Conference Room, Jacksonville, FL 32211

PROPOSALS:                       District 5

DATE AND TIME:              Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 9:00 a.m. – until 12:00 Noon

PLACE:                                  Baker Building, Conference Room, 888 Executive Center Drive, North, St. Petersburg,

                                                FL 33702

PROPOSALS:                       District 8

DATE AND TIME:              Thursday, July 6, 2006, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

PLACE:                                  Turner Agri-Civic Center, 2250 N. E. Roan Street, Arcadia, FL 34266

PROPOSALS:                       District 9

DATE AND TIME:              Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE:                                  Center Point Plaza, 4152 West Blue Heron Boulevard, Suite 229, West Palm Beach, FL

                                                33404

PROPOSALS:                       District 10

DATE AND TIME:              Monday, July 10, 2006, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE:                                  Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc., 915 Middle River Drive, Conference

                                                Room 115, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

PROPOSALS:                       District 11

DATE AND TIME:              Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE:                                  Health Council of South Florida Inc., Conference Room, 8095 N. W. 12th Street, Suite

                                                300, Miami, FL 33126

Public hearing requests must be in writing and be received at the Agency for Health Care Administration, CON Office, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 28, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, Attention: Karen Rivera, by 5:00 p.m., June 23, 2006. 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 June 28, 2006.