SPRINGFIELD, IL – Dr. John R. Lumpkin, state public health director, today announced the distribution of $4.2 million to Illinois hospitals with state-designated trauma centers to assist with the cost of providing care to severely injured patients.

The funds are generated by a $5 surcharge imposed since 1993 on moving violation fines that amount to $55 or more. A $30 surcharge on convictions or orders of supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was added in 1994 and raised to $100 in 2001.

The money collected is deposited in the Trauma Center Fund and the Department annually awards the receipts to hospital trauma centers in the geographic regions where the traffic violations occurred. The amount each hospital receives from the regional share is based on the number of trauma patients to whom the hospital provides care.

The Illinois Department of Public Aid collects an equal amount from the special fund and allocates money to trauma centers based on the number of Medicaid trauma patients for whom the hospital cares.

To be eligible for the funds, a hospital must be designated a Level I or Level II trauma center by the Department of Public Health. Since 1993, the Department of Public Health has distributed more than $28 million to trauma centers.

The following are the hospitals and the amount of funding each received:

• Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, $41,794
• Blessing Hospital, Quincy, $51,059
• Brokaw/Mennonite Hospitals, Normal, $38,640
• Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, $141,857
• Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, $46,543
• Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, $40,235
• Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, $315,726
• Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, $68,985
• Cook County Hospital, Chicago, $234,941
• Cook County Hospital-Pediatric, Chicago, $17,962
• Delnor-Community Hospital, Geneva, $28,934
• Edward Hospital Association, Naperville, $41,769
• Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, $64,046
• Evanston Northwestern Health, Evanston, $64,804
• Galesburg Cottage Hospital, Galesburg, $18,638
• Glenbrook Hospital/Evanston Northwest Health, Glenview, $45,990
• Glenoaks Medical Center, Glendale Heights, $12,730
• Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, $83,936
• Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, $19,825
• Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park, $24,664
• Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, $56,442
• Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, $15,912
• Hoffman Estates Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, $27,327
• Holy Family Medical Center, Des Plaines, $15,539
• Illini Hospital, Silvis, $30,003
• Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, $125,733
• LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange, $23,073
• Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, $22,995
• Loyola University, Maywood, $55,295
• Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, $203,612
• MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, $29,835
• Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, $29,482
• Memorial Medical Center, Woodstock, $25,719
• Mercy Center for Health Care, Aurora, $23,040
• Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, $39,549
• Morris Hospital, Morris, $6,889
• Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, $180,337
• Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry, $30,542
• Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, $38,043
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, $91,965
• Passavant Area Hospital, Jacksonville, $2,564
• Proctor Hospital, Peoria, $15,911
• Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, $39,609
• Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford, $76,104
• Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, $14,633
• Rush-Copley Medical Center, Aurora, $30,542
• Sherman Hospital, Elgin, $35,364
• Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, $47,646
• St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, $193,200
• St. Mary's Hospital, East St. Louis, $452,058
• St. James Hospital and Health Center, Olympia Fields, $56,257
• St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee, $33,869
• St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, $74,052
• St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, $86,963
• St. Therese Medical Center, Waukegan, $57,278
• St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, $31,821
• St. Anthony's Medical Center, Rockford, $122,466
• St. John's Hospital, Springfield, $130,533
• St. Mary's Medical Center, Galesburg, $29,094
• St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin, $15,539
• Swedish American Hospital Association, Rockford, $93,016
• Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island, $57,733
• United Samaritans Medical Center, Danville, $39,778
• University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, $27,302