Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §7932, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 610, §1, is further amended to read:

2. Facility. "Facility" means any boarding home assisted living facility subject to licensure pursuant to chapters 1663 and 1665, any skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or unit subject to licensure pursuant to chapter 405 and any private psychiatric hospital subject to licensure pursuant to chapter 405.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §7942, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1993, c. 661, §21, is further amended to read:

3. Long-term care facility. "Long-term care facility" means a residential care an assisted living facility subject to licensure pursuant to chapters 1663 and 1665 and a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility or unit subject to licensure pursuant to chapter 405.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §7944, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 1993, c. 661, § 23, is further amended to read:

C. The department may impose a penalty upon a long-term care facility. The minimum penalty for operating without a license is $500 per day. A penalty or a combination of penalties imposed on a facility may not be greater than a sum equal to $5 $10 times the total number of residents residing in the facility per violation, up to a maximum of $5,000 $10,000 for each instance in which the department issues a statement of deficiency to a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility, or $3 $6 times the total number of residents residing in the facility per violation, up to a maximum of $3,000 $6,000 in each instance in which the department issues a statement of deficiency to any residential care assisted living facility.

Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §7950 is enacted to read:

§7950.__List published

The department shall publish a list of the facilities cited for significant deficiencies and subjected to fines and sanctions in language readily understandable to the average citizen in 3 daily newspapers in the State 2 times per year.