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

For Rhode Island, con program status is active; hospital capital threshold ($) is in excess of five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,250,000), adjusted annually by CPI-U; non-hospital capital threshold ($) is in excess of five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,250,000); new healthcare equipment with capital costs exceeding $2,250,000 is separately reviewable; bed change trigger is any capital expenditure that results in the addition of a health service or that changes the bed capacity of a healthcare facility; nursing facility bed increases up to the greater of ten beds or ten percent of licensed capacity may be exempted; reviewing agency is Rhode Island state department of health, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CON program status:** active _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Hospital capital threshold ($):** in excess of five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,250,000), adjusted annually by CPI-U _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Non-hospital capital threshold ($):** in excess of five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,250,000); new healthcare equipment with capital costs exceeding $2,250,000 is separately reviewable _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Bed change trigger:** any capital expenditure that results in the addition of a health service or that changes the bed capacity of a healthcare facility; nursing facility bed increases up to the greater of ten beds or ten percent of licensed capacity may be exempted _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Reviewing agency:** Rhode Island state department of health _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Repeal date:** N/A _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** R.I. Gen. Laws §23-15-2(10) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Any expenditure, except acquisitions of an existing healthcare facility, that will not result in a change in the services or bed capacity of the healthcare facility by, or on behalf of, an existing healthcare facility in excess of five million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($5,250,000) which is a capital expenditure including expenditures for predevelopment activities

## Source

- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-15/23-15-2.htm

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