IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• 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, 2^nd 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.
  
• In addition to our changes, the Illinois General assembly updated its webpage today.  As a result, all our links to our administrative rules need to be updated.  On the Board’s website, links to all our rules are here:  Administrative Rules
• 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