Certificate of Need

NOTICE OF BATCHED APPLICATION RECEIPT AND 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 and Programs review cycle with an application due date of May 18, 2011.

County: Citrus             District: 3

CON # 10120                Application Receipt Date: 5/17/2011

Facility/Project: Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish an eight-bed inpatient hospice facility

County: Pasco             District: 5

CON # 10121                Application Receipt Date: 5/18/2011

Facility/Project: Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Hernando-Pasco Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish a seven-bed inpatient hospice facility

County: Polk                District: 6

CON # 10122                Application Receipt Date: 5/18/2011

Facility/Project: Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.

Applicant: Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.

Project Description: Establish an inpatient hospice facility of up to 12 beds

County: Polk                District: 6

CON # 10123                Application Receipt Date: 5/13/2011

Facility/Project: Good Shepherd Hospice, Inc.

Applicant: Good Shepherd Hospice, Inc.

Project Description: Establish an inpatient hospice facility of up to 16 beds

County: Palm Beach  District: 9

CON # 10124               Application Receipt Date: 5/18/2011

Facility/Project: M.T. Health Center, LLC

Applicant: M.T. Health Center, LLC

Project Description: Addition of up to 30 community nursing home beds through the delicensure of up to 30 community nursing home beds

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

PROPOSALS:              District 3

DATE/TIME:               Thursday, July 7, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

PLACE:                         WellFlorida Council

                                       DeWayne Yates Conference Room

                                       1785 N.W. 80th Blvd.

                                       Gainesville, FL 32606

PROPOSALS:              District 5

DATE/TIME:               Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE:                         Park Station

                                       5851 Park Blvd., Room 101

                                       Pinellas Park, FL 33781

PROPOSALS:              District 6

DATE/TIME:               Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

PLACE:                         Park Station

                                       5851 Park Blvd., Room 101

                                       Pinellas Park, FL 33781

PROPOSALS:              District 9

DATE/TIME:               Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE:                         Treasure Coast Health Council, Inc.

                                       600 Sandtree Drive, Suite 101

                                       Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33403

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., June 24, 2011. 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 June 22, 2011.