STATE LAWMAKERS TO DECIDE FATE OF HEALTH FACILITIES BOARD BY APRIL 1
By John Mugford
April Fools Day could mark a new era for healthcare construction in Illinois. That’s because by April 1, the Illinois Legislature is scheduled to decide whether to dissolve the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board (IHFPB).
The board has controlled healthcare construction in Illinois since 1974. The goal of the board, of course, has been to control healthcare costs by controlling healthcare construction projects. One of its charges has been to make sure that proposed hospital or healthcare projects would not duplicate services offered at other nearby facilities.
But as is sometimes the case with government agencies, politics – real or perceived – often got in the way of what some critics say was an idealistic, but unrealistic, goal.
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