# Rhode Island — Certificate of need capital expenditure thresholds by US state

For Rhode Island, has con program is yes; covered services is hospitals, nursing facilities, home nursing-care providers, home care providers, hospice providers, inpatient rehabilitation centers, free-standing emergency care facilities, facilities providing surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization, facilities providing inpatient hospice care; moratorium is New nursing facilities, nursing facility licensed beds, and increases in capacity of licensed nursing facilities (until July 1, 2022); statute citation is R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-15-2 et seq, recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.

- **State:** Rhode Island
- **Has CON program:** yes
- **Covered services:** hospitals, nursing facilities, home nursing-care providers, home care providers, hospice providers, inpatient rehabilitation centers, free-standing emergency care facilities, facilities providing surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization, facilities providing inpatient hospice care
- **Moratorium:** New nursing facilities, nursing facility licensed beds, and increases in capacity of licensed nursing facilities (until July 1, 2022).
- **Statute citation:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-15-2 et seq.

## What the source says

> Developing or establishing a new health care facility above a specified capital expenditure threshold. Offering services with a new piece of health care equipment above a specified capital expenditure threshold.

## 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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