25-021 Riverside Medical Center

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENT

Per the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act [20 ILCS 3960/], notice is given of receipt to modernize an Acute Mental Illness (AMI) category of service at a hospital in Kankakee.  Project #25-021, Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee.  Applicants:  Riverside Medical Center, Riverside Health System d/b/a Riverside Healthcare.  The Applicants propose modernizing its Acute Mental Illness service at its hospital, 350 North Wall Street, Kankakee.  Project cost: $29,978,477.

The application was deemed substantially complete on May 27, 2025. A copy of the application may be viewed at the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board (HFSRB) Office at the address below. To obtain a copy of an application, please call the office for details and copying fees at the number listed below. Consideration by HFSRB has been tentatively scheduled for the August 12, 2025, meeting. Any person wanting a public hearing on the proposed project must submit a written request for a hearing to:

Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board

525 West Jefferson Street (2nd Floor)

Springfield, Illinois 62761

(217) 782-3516

(TTY# 800-547-0466 for hearing impaired only)

HFSRB staff must receive requests for hearings by June 11, 2025. The public may also submit written comments on this project. All public written comments must be received by July 23, 2025.  HFSRB will post its findings in an HFSRB Staff Report, which will be available online on July 29, 2025. The public may submit written responses in support of or in opposition to the findings of the HFSRB staff. All written public comments about the HFSRB staff findings must be received before 9:00 am, August 4, 2025. The internet address used to access this report is:

www.hfsrb.illinois.gov