Standard&Poor's today assigned its double-'A' rating to Puerto Rico Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical, and Environmental Control Facilities Financing Authority's $38 million hospital revenue bonds, series 2000A, issued on behalf of Ascension Health's Hospital De La Concepcion Project. The bonds are scheduled to sell May 24, 2000. Also, Standard&Poor's affirmed existing double-'A' and double-'A'/'A-1'-plus ratings on other debt issued on behalf of Ascension Health, and its 'A-1'-plus rating on Ascension Health's commercial paper program. In addition, Standard&Poor's withdrew its double-'A' and double-'A'/'A-1'-plus underlying ratings (SPUR) on series 1997A and 1997C bonds, which remain rated triple-'A' based on bond insurance, issued by Jacksonville Health Facilities Authority, Fla. The Ascension Health system was formed by the combination
