Bill
HB 3342
Creates the Calumet City Community Medical District and a nine-member Commission to plan, finance, and develop health care, research, and related facilities (no taxes).
Status (as provided)
- Introduced: Feb 18, 2025 (Rep. Thaddeus Jones). Filed: Feb 25, 2025.
- Actions: Read first time Mar 21, 2025; referred to Public Education (and Rules/Cities & Villages committees per record). Bill listed as "Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading January 5, 2025" in the provided record (see Notes below).
- Effective date: Immediate upon enactment (bill text states “effective immediately”).
Overview / Purpose
- Creates the Calumet City Community Medical District (the “District”), with boundaries coterminous with Calumet City.
- Purpose: to attract and retain academic medical centers, hospitals, clinics, medical research facilities, high-technology enterprises/parks, and related educational and support facilities; and to provide for orderly creation, maintenance, development, and expansion of health care–related facilities within the District.
Key provisions
- Establishes the Calumet City Community Medical District Commission (“Commission”) as the District’s governing body.
- Commission composition:
- 9 appointed commissioners: 3 appointed by the Governor, 3 by the Mayor of Calumet City, and 3 appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (those county appointments require the advice and consent of the Cook County Board).
- 3 ex officio members: Director of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (or designee), Secretary of Human Services (or designee), and a public health official (text indicates Director of Public Health involvement).
- Appointed commissioners serve 3‑year staggered terms; initial appointments are staggered to end Dec 31, 2027/2028/2029.
- Commission powers and limits:
- May contract, sue and be sued (tort claims to be prosecuted in the Court of Claims), hire staff or contractors, hold meetings, adopt rules, and prepare biennial reports to the General Assembly (due March 1 of even‑numbered years).
- No power to levy taxes.
- Subject to the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act.
- Finance and property:
- May accept grants, loans, appropriations (state, federal, local, private), and enter matching‑grant arrangements.
- May impose contractual assessments/fees on entities that benefit from District improvements (for shared services, common areas, enhancements).
- May acquire fee title to real property within the District by gift, purchase, or otherwise, and may lease property.
- Conforming statutory changes:
- Amends the Eminent Domain Act, State Finance Act, and Court of Claims Act to reference the new Calumet City Community Medical District Commission alongside other medical district commissions.
Who is affected
- Residents and properties within Calumet City (property acquisition/leasing and district improvements).
- Health care providers, research institutions, and developers seeking to locate/expand within the District.
- State and local agencies that may provide grants, loans, or participate via ex officio membership.
- Parties with tort claims against the Commission (Court of Claims jurisdiction).
Procedural / timeline notes
- The bill text indicates immediate effectiveness upon enactment.
- The provided legislative-action list contains items from 2023 that appear to relate to prior or similar proposals; the active version described here was introduced in February 2025. Some listed dates (e.g., “Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading January 5, 2025”) conflict with the 2025 introduction date; readers should treat earlier 2023 entries as likely related to earlier versions or companion measures.
Implications
- Establishes a locally focused institutional vehicle to plan, finance, and support medical, research, and related economic development within Calumet City.
- Does not create local taxing authority; relies on grants, contracts, fees, property transactions, and appropriations.
- Expands statutory recognition of a new medical‑district commission across Illinois law (eminent domain, state finance, Court of Claims references).
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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