Charter Medical-Dallas, Inc. v. Texas Health Facilities Commission

POWERS, Justice.

Charter Medieal-Dallas, Inc., sued for judicial review of certain final orders issued by the Texas Health Facilities Commission in its administration of the licensing or “certificate of need” program established by the Health Planning and Development Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4418h, §§ 3.01-3.15 (1976 and Supp.1982). The orders deny Charter Medical’s application for authority to construct a new psychiatric hospital to serve portions of Dallas and Collin Counties and grant authority to two other applicants to construct similar health facilities in the same vicinity. The…