# Maine — Certificate of Need capital expenditure thresholds by US state — dollar thresholds by facility type, covered services, reviewing agencies, and program status

For Maine, con program status is active; hospital capital threshold ($) is any capital expenditure of $10,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for medical-care inflation); non-hospital capital threshold ($) is capital expenditures of $5,000,000 or more for nursing facilities; more than $5,000,000 (or more than $3,000,000 in specified cases) for ambulatory surgical facilities; repeal date is N/A; statutory citation is 22 M.R.S. §329, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Maine _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CON program status:** active _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Hospital capital threshold ($):** any capital expenditure of $10,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for medical-care inflation) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Non-hospital capital threshold ($):** capital expenditures of $5,000,000 or more for nursing facilities; more than $5,000,000 (or more than $3,000,000 in specified cases) for ambulatory surgical facilities _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Repeal date:** N/A _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** 22 M.R.S. §329 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> the obligation by or on behalf of a new or existing health care facility of any capital expenditure of $10,000,000 or more.

## Source

- https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec329.html

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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