# Arkansas — Certificate of need capital expenditure thresholds by US state

For Arkansas, has con program is yes; covered services is nursing home facilities, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities, post-acute head injury retraining facilities, home health care services agencies; moratorium is Constructing a new residential care facility. Replacing a residential care facility with 16 beds or more. Adding new beds or expanding existing bed capacity for residential care facilities; statute citation is Ark. Stat. Ann. § 20-8-109 et seq, recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.

- **State:** Arkansas
- **Has CON program:** yes
- **Covered services:** nursing home facilities, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities, post-acute head injury retraining facilities, home health care services agencies
- **Moratorium:** Constructing a new residential care facility. Replacing a residential care facility with 16 beds or more. Adding new beds or expanding existing bed capacity for residential care facilities.
- **Statute citation:** Ark. Stat. Ann. § 20-8-109 et seq.

## What the source says

> Constructing a nursing home. Adding new long-term care beds or expanding existing long-term care bed capacity. Adding or expanding home health services. Creating hospice programs.

## Source

- https://www.ncsl.org/health/certificate-of-need-state-laws

Last verified: 2026-08-13. Review by: 2027-02-09.
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