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  • 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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Ascension Health Changes of Ownership

Announcements – Thursday, August 15, 2024

NOTICE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, notice is given of the receipt of eleven Applications for Change of Ownership from Ascension Health and Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. The eleven facilities are:

E-016-24 Ascension Holy Family, Des Plaines 

E-017-24 Ascension Saint Mary - Kankakee, Kankakee

E-018-24 Ascension Saint Mary - Chicago, Chicago

E-019-24 Ascension Saint Joseph - Joliet, Joliet

E-020-24 Ascension Saint Joseph - Elign, Elgin

E-021-24 Ascension Saint Francis, Evanston

E-022-24 Ascension Mercy, Aurora

E-023-24 Ascension Resurrection, Chicago

E-024-24 Ascension Saint Elizabeth, Chicago

E-025-24 Belmont/Harlem Surgery Center, LLC, Chicago

E-026-24 Prescence Lakeshore Gastroenterology, LLC 

A public hearing has been requested for all eleven changes of ownership.  (The Time and Place of these public hearing will be announced at a later date)

The Applications were deemed substantially complete on August 14, 2024. Consideration by the State Board has been tentatively scheduled for the October 29, 2024, State Board Meeting. Any person wanting to submit written comments on these projects must submit these comments by October 9, 2024. The State Board will post its findings in a State Board Staff Report, and the report will be made available via the internet on October 15, 2024. 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, October 21, 2024. The internet address used to access this report is: www.hfsrb.illinois.gov

These Applications can be viewed at the offices of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board at the address below or at the State Board’s website

Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board
525 West Jefferson Street (2nd Floor)
Springfield IL 62761
217-782-3516
(TTY #800-547-0466 for hearing impaired only)
 

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​​​​​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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