The Department of Public Health is holding a public hearing and comment period on proposed amendments to the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (A&F) regulation to increase the fee charged to licensed health care facilities for architectural plan review of facility construction documents for new construction and renovations to existing facilities from $8.25 to $10.50 per $1,000 of construction costs. The current minimum of $1,500 is not being updated.
The public hearing will be held on July 28, 2025 at 1pm. The hearing will be conducted on a moderated conference call. The Department encourages all interested parties to submit written testimony electronically to Reg.Testimony@mass.gov, or by mail to William Anderson, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108. Please submit electronic testimony as an attached Word document and type “801 CMR 4.00: Executive Office of Administration and Finance Rates Regulations” in the subject line of the email. All submitted testimony must include the sender’s full name and address. All comments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2025.
Additional information on the proposed amendments and public notice of the comment period can be found here.