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On 9/2/26, HFSRB's rules regarding the Cardiac Catheterization category of service were updated. The changes include revising utilization standards, updating peer review requirements, amending physician referrals, changing the unnecessary duplication of service criterion, and establishing new accreditation standards. In addition, the rules associated with the Organ Transplant and Kidney Transplant categories of service, the Subacute Care Hospital Model, and the Children's Respite Care Center Alternative Health Care Mode  were repealed. These changes were published in the September 18th edition of the Illinois Register. To view these changes, go to this website and go to Register Pages 13737 (for Part 1100) and 13763 (for Part 1110):  Acj94a - Rules Acted Upon This Issue With Effective Dates.

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E-041-26 HSHS St John's Hospital NICU Expansion

Announcements – Wednesday, November 4, 2026

NOTICE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT  AND REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING

Under the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, notice is given that an application has been received for an exemption to modernize and add six neonatal intensive care (NICU) beds at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, 800 E Carpenter Street, Springfield, Illinois (E-041-26). The Hospital will increase NICU beds from 56 to 62.  The modernization will cost $2,608,199.  The expected completion date is October 31, 2027.  The Applicants are St. John’s Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis d/b/a St. John’s Hospital and Hospital Sisters Health System.  The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board called this exemption application substantially complete on November 2, 2026.  Written requests (no emails or faxes will be accepted) for a public hearing must be received by the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board no later than November 17, 2026.    The Application 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 https://hfsrb.illinois.gov/

 

Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board

525 West Jefferson Street (2nd Floor)

Springfield IL 62761

217-782-3516

(TTY #800-547-0466 for the 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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