A public hearing will be held this morning by the state Department of Public Health about the proposal by Birch Hill Recovery Center, LLC to reopen the former property known as The Kent as a drug and alcohol rehab facility.  The hearing will take place at the Department's Hartford office at 9am.  Plans call for an 85-bed inpatient detoxification and intensive treatment facility offering Medication Assisted Treatment, but not IVs. It could transition to a Level 4 facility, with IV treatment, in a year. The Certificate of Need filing with the state says this would be a more affordable alternative to acute care hospitalization.  The property includes a 60,000-square-foot former skilled nursing facility on 11.5 acres off Maple Street.