25-041 Serenity Estates of Freeport f/k/a Stephenson County Nursing 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 transfer ownership of a Long-Term Care (LTC) facility in Freeport. Project #25-041, Serenity Estates of Freeport f/k/a Stephenson County Nursing Center. Applicant: Freeport Nursing, LLC, Freeport Realty, LLC, and The Board of Supervisors of the County of Stephenson and the State of Illinois. The Applicants propose to transfer ownership of its 150-bed LTC facility, located at 2946 South Walnut Road, Freeport. Project cost: $1,500,000.

The application was deemed substantially complete on October 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 January 13, 2026, meeting. Any person wishing to request a public hearing on the proposed project must submit a written request. 

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 November 12, 2025. The public may also submit written comments on this project. All public written comments must be received by December 26, 2025.  HFSRB will post its findings in an HFSRB Staff Report, which will be available online on December 31, 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, January 5, 2026. The internet address used to access this report is:

www.hfsrb.illinois.gov