Excepticon Midwest, Inc. v. Kansas Department of Health & Environment

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) appeals from two district court decisions consolidated for appeal in this court. KDHE denied certificates of need to build psychiatric hospitals to Excepticon Midwest, Inc. (Ex-cepticon), and Community Psychiatric Centers, Inc. (CPC). In separate cases two different district court judges reversed the KDHE and granted certificates of need to Excepticon and CPC. KDHE appeals the reversal of its denial of both certificates of need.

This appeal involves the certificate of need provision of…