Pennsylvania certificate of need

Pennsylvania has no certificate of need program: opening or expanding a health facility does not need state CON approval.

CON program

No

Recent changes

The CON provisions of the Health Care Facilities Act terminated on December 18, 1996. The Department of Health then reviewed services formerly under CON (ambulatory surgery, cardiac catheterization, long-term care, neonatal care, open heart surgery, organ transplantation) to decide whether to add quality and safety standards to licensure rules instead.

Statute

Health Care Facilities Act, 35 P.S. §448.101 et seq.; CON provisions terminated under 35 P.S. §448.904(a)