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Pennsylvania seeks provider license fees to help address need for oversight
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32627
Subject(s) - license , accountability , business , state (computer science) , public administration , public relations , political science , law , computer science , algorithm
When growing drug problems give rise to new sources of funding that in turn attract fledgling or expanding treatment facilities, it would stand to reason that regulators' capacity to oversee these operations should grow as well. State officials in Pennsylvania say they have struggled to keep up, however, and they would like to be able to use their licensing authority to ensure more accountability in the state's substance use treatment provider community.