ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL CLOSURE
- Introduced Feb 7, 2025
- In committee Feb 18, 2025
- Passed the House Next
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires any hospital or health system licensed by the Act operating a general acute care hospital to, when considering closure or elimination of an inpatient psychiatric unit or a perinatal unit, provide public notice of the proposed closure or elimination no less than 120 days prior to the proposed date of closure and submit the notice to the specified authorities. Provides that…
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires any hospital or health system licensed by the Act operating a general acute care hospital to, when considering closure or elimination of an inpatient psychiatric unit or a perinatal unit, provide public notice of the proposed closure or elimination no less than 120 days prior to the proposed date of closure and submit the notice to the specified authorities. Provides that, subject to the same notice requirements, a hospital or health system proposing closure must hold at least one public meeting within 60 days after notice is provided. Requires members of the county board in which the general acute care hospital resides to be invited to the meeting and given the opportunity to testify on the impact that elimination of service would have on the county and its other community health systems.
Every action
5 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- HouseFirst Reading
- CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- CommitteeAssigned to Human Services Committee · House Human Services
- CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Lilian JiménezD Primary sponsor · District 4
From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.