Like hospitals across the state, Sinai Health System halted elective procedures in March, and overturned its operations in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Now, the Chicago-area’s largest safety net system is ready to start opening back up.

State lawmakers returned to Springfield last month for a whirlwind end to an unprecedented legislative session that concluded with a nearly $41 billion spending plan, hundreds of millions of dollars for COVID-19 relief and an updated hospital assessment program.