26-019 Advocate Christ Medical Center

NOTICE OF REVIEW AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENT

In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, notice is given of receipt to initiate a modernization/expansion project on the campus of an acute care hospital in Oak Lawn. Project #26-019, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn. Applicants: Advocate Health, Inc., Advocate Auroral Health, Inc., and Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation d/b/a Advocate Christ Medical Center. The applicants propose to add 22 Medical/Surgical Beds to its bed complement, and relocate its Cardio-Diagnostics, Inpatient Dialysis, and Inpatient Nuclear Medicine units to the ground level, at its hospital located at 4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn. Project cost: $40,011,558.

The application was declared complete on April 21, 2026. A copy of the application may be viewed at the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Office, at the address below. To obtain a copy of an application, please call the office at the number listed below for details and copying fees. Consideration by the State Board has been tentatively scheduled for the July 21, 2026, State Board 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)

Requests for hearings must be received by this Agency no later than May 6, 2026. Any person wanting to submit written comments on this project must submit these comments by July 1, 2026.  The State Board will post its findings in a State Board Staff Report, which will be made available online on July 7, 2026. The public may submit written responses in support of or in opposition to the findings of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. The public will have until 9:00 am, July 13, 2026. The internet address used to access this report is:

www.hfsrb.illinois.gov