The Agency for Health Care Administration has received and accepted the following Certificate of Need applications for review in the batched Hospital Beds and Facilities review cycle with an application due date of March 10, 2010.

County: Pasco                     District: 5

CON # 10074                        Application Receipt Date: 3/10/2010

Facility/Project: Community Hospital

Applicant: New Port Richey Hospital, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a 46-bed adult inpatient psychiatric hospital

County: Hillsborough         District: 6

CON # 10075                         Application Receipt Date: 3/10/2010

Facility/Project: Ten Broeck Children’s, Inc.

Applicant: Ten Broeck Children’s, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a child/adolescent inpatient psychiatric hospital of up to 40 beds

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

PROPOSAL: District 5

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE:         Madison Building Conference Room

                       9600 Koger Boulevard

                       St. Petersburg, FL 33702

PROPOSAL: District 6

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE:         Madison Building Conference Room

                       9600 Koger Boulevard

                       St. Petersburg, FL 33702

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., April 9, 2010. 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 April 14, 2010.