CERTIFICATE OF NEED

DECISIONS ON BATCHED APPLICATIONS

The Agency for Health Care Administration made the following decisions on Certificate of Need applications for Other Beds and Programs batching cycle with an application due date of May 24, 2006:

County: Hernando               Service District: 3

CON # 9922      Decision Date: 8/25/2006       Decision: A
Facility/Project: Hernando Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Hernando Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a freestanding inpatient hospice facility of 24 beds

Approved Cost: $5,822,000

County: Nassau   Service District: 4

CON # 9923      Decision Date: 8/25/2006       Decision: A

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

Applicant: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

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

Approved Cost: $2,266,976

County: Nassau   Service District: 4

CON # 9924      Decision Date: 8/25/2006       Decision: A

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

Applicant: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

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

Approved Cost: $2,266,976

County: Nassau   Service District: 4

CON # 9925      Decision Date: 8/25/2006       Decision: A

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

Applicant: GF/Amelia Island Properties, Inc.

Project Description: 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

Approved Cost: $2,828,415

County: Pinellas   Service District: 5

CON # 9926      Decision Date: 8/25/2006       Decision: D

Facility/Project: Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital

Applicant: Tarpon Springs Hospital Foundation

Project Description: Establish an adult open heart surgery program

Approved Cost: $0

County: Broward  Service District: 10

CON # 9928      Decision Date: 8/25/2006      Decision: A

Facility/Project: Catholic Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Catholic Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

Approved Cost: $264,105

County: Broward  Service District: 10

CON # 9929       Decision Date: 8/25/2006     Decision: D

Facility/Project: Heartland Services of Florida, Inc.

Applicant: Heartland Services of Florida, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

Approved Cost: $0

County: Broward  Service District: 10

CON # 9930       Decision Date: 8/25/2006      Decision: D

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

Applicant: Hospice of Palm Beach County, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

Approved Cost: $0

County: Broward  Service District: 10

CON # 9931       Decision Date: 8/25/2006      Decision: D

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

Applicant: Hospice of the Palm Coast, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a hospice program

Approved Cost: $0

A request for administrative hearing, if any, must be made in writing and must be actually received by this department within 21 days of the first day of publication of this notice in the F.A.W. pursuant to Chapter 120, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 59C-1, Florida Administrative Code.