NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF NEED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has received an application for concurrent review for a certificate of need for the health care facility project described below.
Project/Activity: Establish Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Care Unit
Alaska Regional Hospital plans to renovate 24 existing medical surgical beds into an adult, inpatient psychiatric care unit to be located in the main Alaska Regional Hospital building. The beds will be divided between one 12-bed voluntary unit and one 12-bed involuntary unit which will include increased security and restraint capacity. The unit will be situated in close proximity to the Emergency Room and have direct access. The involuntary unit will accept court ordered patients of a non-violent and non-Felony nature. The project cost is estimated to be $6,776,000 and will encompass 11,125 SF. The project completion date is estimated to be one year from the approval of the CON.
Applicant’s Name: Alaska Regional Hospital.
Project/Activity Service Area: Statewide
In accordance with 7 AAC 07.042, notice is hereby given that any person planning to submit a certificate of need application for similar activity in the same proposed service area must submit a letter of intent to the department no later than 4:30 on Monday, August 7th so that the department may prepare to conduct a concurrent review of all applications.
The letter of intent must include
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A clear, complete, and current description of the proposed activity, including a description of each component of the activity proposed to be undertaken;
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An estimate of the total cost of the project; and
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An estimated starting date and completion date for the proposed activity.
Alexandria Hicks, CON Program Coordinator
Certificate of Need Program, Department of Health and Social Services 3601 C Street, Suite 978
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: 907-754-3428; Email Alexandria.hicks@alaska.gov
To be reviewed concurrently, an application for a certificate of need for a similar service must be submitted within 60 days after the initial application for a service is declared complete. As soon as the initial application is declared complete, public notice will be issued and will include information on opportunities for public comment and the location where a copy of each certificate of need application may be reviewed.
DATE: July 12, 2017
Anchorage, Alaska