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

For Vermont, has con program is yes; major equipment threshold is $1,000,000; covered services is general hospitals, mental hospitals, chronic disease facilities, birthing centers, maternity hospitals, psychiatric facilities, nursing homes, HMOs, home health agencies, outpatient diagnostic or therapy programs, kidney disease treatment centers, mental health agencies or centers, diagnostic imaging facilities, independent diagnostic laboratories, cardiac catheterizations laboratories, radiation therapy facilities, ambulatory surgical, diagnostic or treatment centers; moratorium is No certificate of need can be granted for the offering of home health services, which includes hospices or new home health agencies, through Jan. 1, 2025, or until the General Assembly lifts the moratorium; statute citation is Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 18 V.S.A., § 9432 et seq, recorded from its source on 2026-08-13.

- **State:** Vermont
- **Has CON program:** yes
- **Major equipment threshold:** $1,000,000
- **Covered services:** general hospitals, mental hospitals, chronic disease facilities, birthing centers, maternity hospitals, psychiatric facilities, nursing homes, HMOs, home health agencies, outpatient diagnostic or therapy programs, kidney disease treatment centers, mental health agencies or centers, diagnostic imaging facilities, independent diagnostic laboratories, cardiac catheterizations laboratories, radiation therapy facilities, ambulatory surgical, diagnostic or treatment centers
- **Moratorium:** No certificate of need can be granted for the offering of home health services, which includes hospices or new home health agencies, through Jan. 1, 2025, or until the General Assembly lifts the moratorium.
- **Statute citation:** Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 18 V.S.A., § 9432 et seq.

## What the source says

> Purchasing, leasing or other comparable arrangement of a single piece of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment greater than $1 million. Offering a health care service or technology with an annual operating expense greater than $500,000.

## 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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