25-022 Hillsboro Health

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 for a modernization project at an acute care hospital in Hillsboro.  Project #25-022, Hillsboro Health, Hillsboro.  Applicants:  Hillsboro Area Hospital Inc. d/b/a Hillsboro Health, and Hillsboro Area Systems NFP d/b/a Hillsboro Health Systems.  The Applicants propose modernizing its Perioperative department, its mechanical support systems, and the main entrance area at its hospital, 1200 East Tremont Street, Hillsboro.  Project cost: $28,625,182.

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, 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