Today ASAHP submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education on their Program Integrity and Improvement notice of proposed rulemaking that was proposed by the Department last month. ASAHP’s comments outline the unintended consequences of state authorization and note our encouragement that the NPRM includes federal recognition of state authorization reciprocity agreements as well as the elimination of a requirement that states conduct an “active review” of out of state institutions, a provision contained in previous drafts.
If the Departement of Education is to issue a final rule, it must be issued no later than October 31 in order to take effect by July 1 of next year.
The letter can be accessed here.