At its April 10 meeting, the State Hospital Review and Planning Council (SHRPC) gave contingent approval to the following GNYHA member projects: North General Hospital, certification of a freestanding adult cardiac catheterization service; NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC)-Jacobi Medical Center, certification of a freestanding adult cardiac catheterization service; HHC-Elmhurst Hospital Center, addition of second cardiac catheterization laboratory; HHC-Queens Hospital Center, certification of 8 pediatric beds; New York Methodist Hospital, certification of 6 neonatal intensive care and 15 maternity beds and related construction; Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, Inc., establishment of an AIDS long term home health care program in Bronx County; Isabella Geriatric Center, expansion of its long term home health care program into Bronx County; HHC-Jacobi Medical Center, establishment of a long term home health care program to serve Bronx County; Village Center for Care, initiation of a long term home health care program in Bronx County; Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers-Mary Immaculate Hospital Home Health Agency, expansion of long term home health care program into Bronx County.

SHRPC Membership: James Durante, the former Chairman of SHRPC, has resigned. Two new members have been appointed to SHRPC: Lucille Sheedy of the Wyoming County Community Health System and Howard Berliner, Sc.D., of the Milano Graduate School of the New School University.