The House Select Committee on Certificate of Need will be meeting regularly throughout the interim. Announcements were made yesterday about two confirmed public hearings as well as two additional tentative public hearings to be held across the state. Details of the public meetings that have been announced are as follows:

Regular House Select Committee on Certificate of Need and Related Hospital Issues Meeting with Presentations on COPA and public comment to follow:

DATE: Thursday, October 20, 2011

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: Western NC Ag Center

COMMENTS: Virginia C. Boone Mountain Heritage Building, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher, NC  28732

Regular House Select Committee on Certificate of Need and Related Hospital Issues with Public Comments:

DATE: Thursday, November 3, 2011

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: The Citizens Center

COMMENTS: Council Chamber, 400 East Central Avenue, Mount Holly, NC  28120

The additional public meetings will likely be in the eastern part of the state.  Tentative dates for those meetings are Nov. 17 and Dec. 1.  Starting in January, the committee will meet on the third Thursday of the month in Raleigh.