A hearing has been set for public comment on Encompass Health Corp.’s proposal to build a rehabilitation hospital in Branford.
A hearing has been set for public comment on Encompass Health Corp.’s proposal to
build a rehabilitation hospital in Branford.
The Birmingham, Alabama-based company filed a certificate of need (CON) application on July 25 with the state Office of Health Strategy seeking approval to build a $69.5 million, 50-bed, for-profit rehab facility on property at 596, 612 & 616 East Main St.
The public hearing is scheduled for March 11 at 10 a.m. in the Community Program Room on the lower level of the Ives Main Library at 133 Elm St. in New Haven. The hearing will also be made available via Zoom.
596 and 612 East Main St. currently are residential properties, while 616 East Main St. is a commercial/industrial property. None of the properties is currently owned by Encompass Health.
A hospital or health organization is required to file a CON application for a variety of reasons, including when it wants to establish a new health care facility.
According to the 467-page CON application, Encompass Health, doing business as Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Branford LLC, would construct a one-story, 54,765-square-foot facility with 50 beds.
The facility would be Encompass Health’s second in Connecticut. In August
it opened a 40-bed, $39 million rehabilitation hospital in Danbury.
