Our mission is to promote quality community services for persons using these services. We appreciate the efforts of the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in addressing the inconsistent application of regulations, duplication and overlap of departmental licensing survey visits, and the rigidity of the inspection process.
Providers often find themselves in the middle of a sometimes contradictory process.
We look forward to being involved in the process. Accreditation must not be one more layer of accountability and cost. The licensing agencies within the Departments of Public Welfare, Health, and Aging must all accept this deemed status in order to reduce duplication. There were several possible accrediting bodies mentioned in the Workplan. In providing a choice of accrediting bodies however, the possibility arises for multiple accreditation of a single provider.