How to find Connecticut Certificate of Need filings
Where Connecticut publishes Certificate of Need dockets, what each document contains, and how to get the records that are not online.
Where does Connecticut publish CON filings?
Connecticut reviews CON filings under C.G.S. 19a-638 to 19a-639e. Since July 1, 2026 the program sits in the Department of Public Health; from 2018 to June 30, 2026 it was the Office of Health Strategy's. Every docket since late 2017 is on the CON portal with its documents. Earlier dockets are on the archived OHS lists, and hearings are listed on the CON public hearings page.
What does each document tell you?
The portal docket gives the applicant, proposal category, CON type, status and filer town. The deemed complete letter and hearing notice date each step. The intervenor petition and ruling show who asked to take part and with what rights. The proposed final decision is the hearing officer's recommendation on a contested docket. The final decision or agreed settlement gives the procedural history, the capital expenditure, the findings and the order with its conditions.
Why is it hard to follow a request from start to finish?
Dockets before late 2017 are on archived list pages, not the portal. The portal status is not always updated after a decision or settlement, its expenditure field is what the filer typed, and its town field is the filer's mailing town. Agreed settlements carry no printed OHS signature date. Many older decisions are scans. The OHS status page was last updated on June 15, 2026, before the move to the Department of Public Health; the portal is still current.
How do I get records that are not online?
The Department of Public Health takes Freedom of Information requests through its FOI request page, which links its online portal. C.G.S. 1-210 gives every person the right to inspect and copy public records. Name the docket numbers and the documents you need.
Is there other public data that helps?
The CON data and metrics page gives yearly counts and median processing days. Court opinions matter here: the Connecticut Supreme Court held in 2025, in High Watch, that a competitor's financial interest does not let it appeal an approval, so intervention at the hearing is where competitors act.
Where does COPN Atlas fit?
COPN Atlas joins the portal, the archived lists and the decision text into one row per docket: 843 Connecticut dockets since 2016, 320 CON applications, modifications and waivers and 523 determinations. Of the 320, 265 were approved, 1 approved in part, 16 denied and 15 withdrawn, and 16 are under review. Of the determinations, 393 say a CON is not required and 93 say one is. See what is in the Connecticut file.
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