Petitioner: THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION
Respondent: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Judges: DAVID M. MALONEY
Agency: Agency for Health Care Administration
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Jul. 18, 2006
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, March 26, 2007.
Latest Update: Dec. 25, 2024
FILED
STATE OF FLORIDA
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
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THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION, DOAH CASE NO. 06-2609CON
AHCA No. 2006006313
Petitioner, CON No. 9915
vs. DOAH CASE NO. 06-2610CON
AHCA No. 2006006314
STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR CON No. 9916
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,
DOAH CASE NO. 06-2611CON
Respondent, AHCA No. 2006006315. = =f
CON No. 9917 Sj cone
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Intervenors.
FINAL ORDER
THIS CAUSE comes before the | AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE
ADMINISTRATION (the "Agency") concerning Certificate of Need ("CON")
Applications Nos. 9915, 9916 and 9917, which were filed by The Nemours
Foundation (hereinafter "Nemours") in the First Batching Cycle of 2006,
requesting a CON for a new 82-bed acute care class II children’s hospital; a
new 5-bed Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; and a new 8-bed Level ITI
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. All of the applications were denied.
Thereafter, Nemours timely filed Petitions for Formal Administrative
Hearings with respect to the denials, which were forwarded by the Agency
Clerk to the Division of Administrative Hearings (“DOAH”) and were
consolidated.
On March 23, 2007, Nemours filed its voluntary dismissal of the
consolidated DOAH cases.
On March 26, 2007, an Order Closing Files was issued by DOAH as a
result of the voluntary dismissal. .
It is therefore ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
1. The voluntary dismissal by Nemours and the Order Closing Files
by DOAH are hereby acknowledged and accepted.
2. CON Applications Nos. 9915, 9916, and 9917 are hereby denied.
3. The above-styled cases are hereby closed.
DONE and ORDERED this § day of _ August
2007, in Tallahassee, Florida.
ANDRE . AGWUNOBI, M.D., Secretary
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW
A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS
ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW, WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY
FILING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK
OF AHCA, AND A COPY ALONG WITH THE FILING FEE PRESCRIBED
BY LAW WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE
DISTRICT WHERE THE AGENCY MAINTAINS ITS HEADQUARTERS OR
WHERE A PARTY RESIDES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE
CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA APPELLATE
RULES. THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
THE RENDITION OF THE ORDER TO BE REVIEWED.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
Final Order has been furnished by U.S. or interoffice mail to the persons
named below on this 7 day of ‘e 2007.
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RICHARD J. SHOOP, Agency Clerk
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(850) 922-5873
COPIES FURNISHED TO:
David M. Maloney
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building
1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060
Thomas F. Panza, Esquire
Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.
Bank of America Building, Third Floor
3600 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308-6225
(Attorney for The Nemours Foundation)
F, Philip Blank, Esquire
Blank, Meenan & Dunphy, P.A.
204 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
(Attorney for Orlando Regional! Healthcare System)
Stephen K. Boone, Esquire
Boone, Boone, Boone, Koda & Frook, P.A.
1001 Avenida Del Circo
Venice, Florida 34284
(Attorney for Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.
d/b/a Florida Hospital)
Karin M. Byrne, Esquire
Assistant General Counsel
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(By Interoffice Mail)
Elizabeth Dudek
Deputy Secretary
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 1, MS #9
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(By Interoffice Mail)
Janice Mills
Facilities Intake
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, MS #3
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(By Interoffice Mail)
Docket for Case No: 06-002610CON
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Aug. 10, 2007 |
Final Order filed.
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Mar. 26, 2007 |
Order Closing Files. CASE CLOSED.
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Mar. 23, 2007 |
Petitioner, the Nemours Foundation`s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal filed.
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Mar. 06, 2007 |
Orlando Regional Healthcare System`s Second Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Feb. 16, 2007 |
Orlando Regional Healtlhcare System`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Sep. 20, 2006 |
Notice of Change of Firm Name filed.
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Sep. 13, 2006 |
Order (final hearing in this case, Case No. 05-4662, remains set for July of 2007).
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Sep. 05, 2006 |
Motion for Coordination of Final Hearing Dates filed.
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Aug. 22, 2006 |
Nemours` Response to AHCA`s Motion for Coordination of Final Hearing Dates filed.
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Aug. 16, 2006 |
Notice of Unavailability filed.
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Aug. 14, 2006 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Aug. 14, 2006 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for June 4 through 8, 11 through 15, 18 through 22 and 25 through 29, 2007; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Aug. 09, 2006 |
Order Granting Intervention (Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., d/b/a Florida Hospital).
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Aug. 03, 2006 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Aug. 03, 2006 |
Order Granting Intervention (Orlando Regional Healthcare).
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Aug. 01, 2006 |
Order Granting Extension of Time (Response to the Initial Order to be filed by August 4, 2006).
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Jul. 31, 2006 |
Motion for a Three-day Enlargement of Time in which to Respond to the Initial Order filed.
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Jul. 28, 2006 |
Petition to Intervene (Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., d/b/a Florida Hospital) filed.
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Jul. 21, 2006 |
Petition to Intervene (Orlando Regional Healthcare System) filed.
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Jul. 21, 2006 |
Order of Consolidation.
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Jul. 21, 2006 |
Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 06-2609CON, 06-2610CON and 06-2611CON).
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Jul. 19, 2006 |
Initial Order.
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Jul. 18, 2006 |
Notice of Related Cases (DOAH Case Nos. 06-2609CON and 06-2611CON) filed.
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Jul. 18, 2006 |
State Agency Action Report on Application for Certificate of Need filed.
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Jul. 18, 2006 |
The Nemours Foundation`s Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing filed.
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Jul. 18, 2006 |
Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
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