Certificate of Need (CON)

Important Notice Regarding Recently Adopted Rules

Updates to Ga. Comp Rules & Regs. r. 111-2-2 were adopted by the Board of Community Health on November 14, 2024 and will be implemented by the Georgia Secretary of State, effective January 13, 2025. The adopted rules may be accessed here.  

Notice Regarding HB 1339

HB 1339, which revises the Certificate of Need (CON) process and adds several new exemptions, was signed by Governor Kemp on April 19, 2024. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the Office of Health Planning will accept requests for letters of determination for the new exemptions.  A request for a letter of determination must also be submitted for any activity which is believed to be excluded from review prior to its implementation.

While the Office of Health Planning cannot give legal advice, general CON-related questions or inquiries, may be sent to: [email protected].

More information on HB 1339 is available here:  https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/67221

The Certificate of Need (CON) program is intended to achieve three goals: (1) to measure and define need, (2) to control costs, and (3) to guarantee access to healthcare services.  Georgia began reviewing health care projects in 1975 under Section 1122 of the 1972 Social Security Act Amendments and Georgia's CON program was established by the General Assembly in 1979 (O.C.G.A. Title 31, Chapter 6).  Additional information is available from the CON Fact Sheet  and from the links below.