Ascension Health Changes of Ownership

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)