Health Resources and Services Administration

Description

This announcement solicits applications for the Licensure Portability Grant Program (LPGP). The primary purpose of the LPGP is to provide support for State professional licensing boards to carry out programs under which licensing boards of various States cooperate to develop and implement State policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine. The program is designed to leverage the experience of State licensing boards that have a strong record in implementing cross-border activities to overcome licensure barriers to the provision of telemedicine services across many states. Licensure portability is seen as one element in the panoply of strategies needed to improve access to quality health care services through the deployment of telehealth and other electronic practice services (e-care or e-health services) in this country. But licensure portability goes beyond improving the efficiency and effectiveness of electronic practice services. Overcoming unnecessary licensure barriers to cross-state practice is seen as part of a general strategy to expedite the mobility of health professionals in order to address workforce needs and improve access to health care services, particularly in light of increasing shortages of healthcare professionals. It is also seen as a way of improving the efficiency of the licensing system in this country so that scarce resources can be better used in the disciplinary and enforcement activities of state boards, rather than in duplicative licensing processes. This competition will seek projects that can clearly serve as national models and have implications for overcoming State statutory and regulatory licensure barriers to cross-state practice of telemedicine for all the health professions, with an emphasis on projects proposed by boards or national organizations of professional licensing that have demonstrated success in pioneering creative programs to address these issues.

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

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