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House Bill 2111

Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 2111 By Representative Mackey 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to health care facilities; 3 amending s. 408.039, F.S.; restricting who may 4 challenge or intervene in an administrative 5 proceeding relating to issuance or denial of a 6 certificate of need; providing an effective 7 date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 12 408.039, Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, is amended to 13 read: 14 408.039 Review process.--The review process for 15 certificates of need shall be as follows: 16 (5) ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.-- 17 (b) Hearings shall be held in Tallahassee unless the 18 administrative law judge determines that changing the location 19 will facilitate the proceedings. In administrative 20 proceedings challenging the issuance or denial of a 21 certificate of need, only applicants considered by the 22 department in the same batching cycle are entitled to a 23 comparative hearing on their applications. Existing health 24 care facilities may initiate or intervene in such 25 administrative hearing upon a showing that an established 26 program will be substantially affected by the issuance of a 27 certificate of need to a competing proposed facility or 28 program within the same district, provided that existing 29 health care providers, other than the applicant, have no 30 standing or right to initiate or intervene in an 31 administrative hearing involving a health care project which 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 2111 59-328-97 1 is subject to certificate-of-need review solely on the basis 2 of s. 408.036(1)(c). A facility does not have standing to 3 challenge or intervene in an administrative proceeding 4 involving another facility unless both facilities are licensed 5 under the same licensing chapter. The department shall assign 6 proceedings requiring hearings to the Division of 7 Administrative Hearings of the Department of Management 8 Services within 10 days after the time has run to request a 9 hearing. Except upon unanimous consent of the parties or upon 10 the granting by the administrative law judge of a motion of 11 continuance, hearings shall commence within 60 days after the 12 administrative law judge has been assigned. All 13 non-state-agency parties shall bear their own expense of 14 preparing a transcript. In any application for a certificate 15 of need which is referred to the Division of Administrative 16 Hearings for hearing, the administrative law judge shall 17 complete and submit to the parties a recommended order as 18 provided in ss. 120.569 and 120.57. The recommended order 19 shall be issued within 30 days after the receipt of the 20 proposed recommended orders or the deadline for submission of 21 such proposed recommended orders, whichever is earlier. The 22 division shall adopt procedures for administrative hearings 23 which shall maximize the use of stipulated facts and shall 24 provide for the admission of prepared testimony. 25 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997. 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 2111 59-328-97 1 ***************************************** 2 HOUSE SUMMARY 3 With respect to administrative proceedings relating to 4 issuance or denial of a certificate of need, provides that a facility does not have standing to challenge or 5 intervene in a proceeding involving another facility unless both facilities are licensed under the same 6 licensing chapter. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3