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IMPORTANT REMINDERS

  • All correspondence must be received through HFSRB’s official email address (dph.hfsrb@illinois.gov).  Correspondence submitted through other emails will not be considered received and will not be processed or reviewed.
  • Applications for Certificate of Need permits, Certificate of Exemptions, and requests for Extension of Financial Commitment, Permit Renewal, and Permit Alteration can be submitted via dph.hfsrb@illinois.gov.  In lieu of this process, applications and requests can be submitted to HFSRB’s principal office:  525 West Jefferson Street, 2nd Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62761.  At this time, all fees associated with the above-referenced applications and requests must be mailed to HFSRB's principal office in Springfield.
  • HFSRB will take no action on any request that requires a fee until the fee payment is received at HFSRB’s principal office.
  • Effective July 1, 2025, revisions to HFSRB’s rules at 77 Ill. Adm. Code 1130 take effect.  These changes center on definitions, technical assistance, fees, extension of financial commitment, permit renewal, and permit alterations.  Applications for permit or exemption, and post-permit transactions received by HFSRB on or after July 1, 2025, will be subject to the new rules and fee requirements.
  • The General Assembly’s new website for the Board’s rules are here:  Illinois General Assembly - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
  • A summary of the rule changes can be viewed here: Changes to Part 1130
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Board Members

The Health Facilities and Services Review Board has eleven voting members. The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints voting members for a term of three years.  Beginning March 1, 2010, each voting member can serve a maximum of three terms and remain in office until his or her successor is appointed.  When appointing voting members, the Governor should give consideration to those who reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the State.

The Board also has three non-voting ex-officio members:  one representative each from the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Department of Public Health.

Qualifications

All voting members are required to Illinois residents, and at least four must reside outside the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area.  Each voting member shall have a reasonable knowledge of the practice, procedures and principles of the health care delivery system in Illinois.  At least five voting members shall be knowledgeable about health care delivery systems, health systems planning, finance, or the management of health care facilities currently regulated under the Act. One voting member shall be a representative of a non-profit health care consumer advocacy organization.  One member shall be a representative from the community with experience on the effects of discontinuing health care services or the closure of health care facilities on the surrounding community; provided, however, that all other members of the Board shall be appointed before this member shall be appointed.

Voting Board members cannot be convicted felons and cannot have pled guilty to a felony.

A voting member's spouse or immediate family member cannot be an employee, agent, or under contract with services or facilities subject to the Health Facilities Planning Act. Prior to appointment and in the course of service on the Board, voting Board members shall disclose the employment or other financial interest of any other relative, if known, in a service or facility subject to the Act. Voting Board members shall declare any conflict of interest that may exist with respect to the status of those relatives and recuse themselves from voting on any issue for which a conflict of interest is declared. 

Composition

  • 11 voting members appointed by the Governor
  • 3 non-voting ex-officio members
    • Secretary of Human Services
    • Director of Healthcare and Family Services
    • Director of Public Health 

 Members
Display Order Member Name Position

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Contact Information

​​​​​Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
525 W. Jefferson St., Second Floor
Springfield, IL 62761
Email: DPH.HFSRB@Illinois.gov
Phone: (217) 782-3516
TTY: (800) 547-0466
Fax: (217) 785-4111

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