I. Certificate of Need Program -

A. Project Modification Request -

AL2022-009, East Alabama Health Care Authority d/b/a East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC), Lee County, AL: The project modification request involves a change in the square footage from approximately 44,890 square feet to 67,335 square feet. The design of the original project is being modified due to rising construction costs and the need to house the additional thirty (30) beds on one floor. The project modification involves adding three additional floors on top of EAMC’s West Pavilion, which currently housesits cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) and intensive care unit (ICU), instead of the originally approved two floors. The third floor will consist of mechanical space for HVAC equipment and will not be occupied. The fourth floor will be shell space only at this time, and the fifth floor will have a twenty (20) bed ICU with a satellite pharmacy and a ten (10) bed unit that can flex as a stepdown unit or as an ICU. Opposition: None. Approved.