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Bill	HEALTH FACILITY-PUBLIC HEARING	Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires the State Board to publish legal notice for change of ownership of a health care facility, discontinuation of a health care facility, or discontinuation of a category of service on 5 consecutive days (rather than one day or 3 consecutive days) in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or community to be affected. Provides that upon a finding that an application to close a health care facility is complete, the State Board shall hold a hearing (rather than merely afford an opportunity to request a hearing). Provides that upon a finding that an application to discontinue a category of service is complete, the State Board shall hold a public hearing before an exemption is issued. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 4964	Illinois HB 4964 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2016-02-05	2016-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/785ff0ac-031a-4531-b43c-7abc5b66edbe	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4964&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=94263&SessionID=88&GA=99	a3410a920b33cda1103e7f2c40fd8c9e52e412fa9b0e1b288343e6f2a033e5f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4964 (99th) — HEALTH FACILITY-PUBLIC HEARING

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires the State Board to publish legal notice for change of ownership of a health care facility, discontinuation of a health care facility, or discontinuation of a category of service on 5 consecutive days (rather than one day or 3 consecutive days) in a newspaper of general circulation in the area or community to be affected. Provides that upon a finding that an application to close a health care facility is complete, the State Board shall hold a hearing (rather than merely afford an opportunity to request a hearing). Provides that upon a finding that an application to discontinue a category of service is complete, the State Board shall hold a public hearing before an exemption is issued. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Litesa E. Wallace — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace filing
• 2016-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Litesa E. Wallace amendment-introduction
• 2016-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-04-12 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2016-04-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2016-05-03 Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2016
• 2016-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
• 2016-05-24 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-15 Effective Date July 15, 2016
• 2016-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0551 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/785ff0ac-031a-4531-b43c-7abc5b66edbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).