To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: North Carolina planners have given providers their first looks at the health care capabilities the State will likely identify as needed in the 2022 State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP). As expected in the wake of COVID-19, need determinations arising from the standard methodologies are limited, placing a renewed emphasis on use of the Summer Petition process to identify health care needs. 2020 Need Determinations (So Far) Highlights from the committee reports to-date indicate the State is poised to accept 2022 Certificate of Need (CON) Applications for: New MRI Scanners in Mecklenburg, Pasquotank/Camden/Currituck/Perquimans, Pitt/Greene/Hyde/Tyrell, and Stanly;