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Opportunity Summary:

The Recovery Act Licensure Portability Special Initiative (Funding Opportunity Number HRSA 10 159) was a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant program created to help state professional licensing boards work together to make telemedicine easier to deliver across state lines. At the time, a major obstacle to wider telehealth use was that many clinicians had to navigate different licensing rules in every state where a patient might be located. This opportunity focused on reducing those obstacles by supporting cooperative, multi-state efforts to develop and put into practice state policies that lower statutory and regulatory barriers related to licensure and telemedicine.

The program was explicitly designed around collaboration among licensing boards in different states. The core idea was not simply to study the problem, but to carry out concrete programs that move states toward more workable licensure portability. In practical terms, that could include coordinated policy development, harmonizing requirements across states where possible, and building processes that make it less burdensome for qualified professionals to provide telemedicine services to patients in another state while still maintaining appropriate oversight and patient protections. The goal was to enable telemedicine to expand more quickly by addressing the licensure friction points that slow down or prevent cross-border care.

This initiative was authorized under Section 330L of the Public Health Service Act and Title XIII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111 5. As a Recovery Act effort, it fit into the broader federal push at the time to accelerate modernization in health care infrastructure and access, including the use of technology-enabled care. The focus on licensure policy reflects the reality that telemedicine is not only a technical challenge but also a governance and regulatory challenge, especially when health professionals and patients are in different jurisdictions.

Funding was offered as a grant, with an estimated total program funding level of 1,500,000 dollars and an expectation of three awards. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement listed, which typically means applicants were not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving the award. The opportunity category was listed as "Other" and the funding activity category was "Recovery Act," signaling its connection to ARRA stimulus-era funding.

Eligibility centered on state professional licensing boards. The listing also included national organizations of professional licensing boards, as long as those organizations provide services to state licensing boards. In other words, applicants had to be directly tied to the licensing and regulation of health professions at the state level, or to an entity that supports those boards nationally. This structure aligns with the program's intent, since licensing boards are the entities positioned to change licensure rules and implement interstate cooperation mechanisms.

The opportunity was posted on October 2, 2009, created in the system on October 7, 2009, and had an application closing date of November 18, 2009 (both the original and current closing date were the same). It was later archived on January 23, 2010. HRSA was the sponsoring agency, and applicants needing help accessing the full announcement were directed to the HRSA Call Center via email at CallCenter@HRSA.GOV or by phone (877 464 4772), with an additional HRSA contact number listed as (301 998 7373). The full announcement was made available through HRSA's grants website using the provided link.

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