AAU joined ACE and 62 other higher education associations on a letter to all state governors, urging them to temporarily suspend or modify state healthcare licensing restrictions and allow reciprocity of health care licenses across state lines. Health care providers often must maintain licenses in each state where they render services to patients, and the organizations say that allowing reciprocity would “ensure that sufficient health care and mental health services are available to meet the needs of individuals in their state.” HHS Secretary Azar sent a letter on March 24, 2020 to governors asking them to ease licensing strictures, but HHS does not itself have the authority to waive such state licensing rules.