Proposed redesignation of three health service areas in Illinois--HRSA
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Published on: November 9, 2016
Abstract:
This notice announces the following decisions of the Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), on the requests of Governor Thompson of Illinois to designate or redesignate three health service areas in Illinois: 1. The request to revise the boundary of health service area 8 (Kane, Lake, and McHenry Counties) by adding DuPage County is denied; 2. The request to establish Surburban-Cook County as a single health service area is denied; and 3. The request to designate a health service area for southwestern Illinois, to include Clinton, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties, is approved. Through this Notice, entities are being invited to apply for designation as the health systems agency for the new southwestern Illinois health service area.
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