Legislation Details

Reference No. LTR 04182017a    Draft No. 1
Type: Agenda Letter Status: Approved
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 4/18/2017
Introduced Date Public Hearing Date
Effective date:    
Title: Proposed letter to Mr. Ben Steffen, Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission, in support of Doctors Community Hospital’s Certificate of Need application for a 16-bed inpatient and acute psychiatric unit for adults.
Attachments: 1. CON Doctors Community Hospital Letter, 2. CON Doctors Community Hospital Letter AIS
Contact: Leroy Maddox, Legislative Officer Sandra Eubanks, Committee Director

Title

Proposed letter to Mr. Ben Steffen, Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission, in support of Doctors Community Hospital’s Certificate of Need application for a 16-bed inpatient and acute psychiatric unit for adults.

Background

Doctors Community Hospital presented before the Board of Health seeking a letter of support for their Certificate of Need application for a 16-bed inpatient and acute psychiatric unit for adults.  A future plan includes outpatient behavioral health services for adults with an adolescent component.  Doctors Community Hospital provided an overview of behavioral health needs in the County and indicated that approval of the Certificate of Need application will allow them to significantly contribute to addressing the unmet mental health needs of the County residents.