The Agency for Health Care Administration has received and accepted the following Certificate of Need application for review in the batched Hospital Beds and Facilities review cycle with an application due date of September 9, 2009.

County: Duval            District: 4

CON # 10059               Application Receipt Date: 9/8/2009

Facility/Project: West Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.

Applicant: West Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.

Project Description: Establish an acute care hospital of up to 150 beds

Also, IF REQUESTED, a tentative public hearing has been scheduled as follows:

PROPOSAL: West Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.

District:          4

DATE:           Thursday, October 29, 2009

TIME:            1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE:         Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, Inc.

                        644 Cesery Blvd., Suite 210 Conference Room

                        Jacksonville, Florida 32211

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., October 9, 2009. In lieu of requesting and attending a public hearing, written comments submitted to the agency 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 October 14, 2009.