Washington
For Washington, con program status is active; hospital capital threshold ($) is no dollar threshold — hospital certificate of need review is triggered by construction of new facilities, changes in bed capacity, and new tertiary health services rather than by a capital expenditure amount; non-hospital capital threshold ($) is for nursing homes, $1,000,000 adjusted by the department by rule; reviewing agency is Washington State Department of Health; repeal date is N/A, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- Washington our reading
- CON program status
- active our reading
- Hospital capital threshold ($)
- no dollar threshold — hospital certificate of need review is triggered by construction of new facilities, changes in bed capacity, and new tertiary health services rather than by a capital expenditure amount verified
- Non-hospital capital threshold ($)
- for nursing homes, $1,000,000 adjusted by the department by rule verified
- Reviewing agency
- Washington State Department of Health verified
- Repeal date
- N/A our reading
- Statutory citation
- RCW 70.38.105; RCW 70.38.025(5) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(5) "Expenditure minimum" means, for the purposes of the certificate of need program, $1,000,000 adjusted by the department by rule to reflect changes in the United States department of commerce composite construction cost index; or a lesser amount required by federal law and established by the department by rule.
— app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- app.leg.wa.govhttps://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=70.38.025