Initial and later attestations of compliance are required
What the document says“such provider has submitted to the Secretary, during the 2-year period ending on the date such items and services are so furnished, an initial provider-based status attestation that such department is compliant with the requirements described in section 413.65 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)”
The new paragraph also requires that the provider have submitted, within the two years ending on the date the items and services were furnished, an initial attestation that the department complies with section 413.65 of title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and that it have submitted a later attestation within the timeframe the Secretary specifies. Until the Secretary sets up the new process, an attestation under the existing regulation may be used.
What the document actually says“such provider has submitted to the Secretary, during the 2-year period ending on the date such items and services are so furnished, an initial provider-based status attestation that such department is compliant with the requirements described in section 413.65 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)”
The parent must have filed a signed statement in the past two years. The statement says the site follows the rules for a site of that kind.
An attestation is a signed claim that something is true. A later one has to follow. That way the claim does not go stale.
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