Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §7801, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 670, Pt. B, §5 and affected by Pt. D, §5, is further amended to read:

1. License required. Except as provided in subsection 3 and subsection 6, no a person, firm, corporation or association may not operate any of the following without having, subject to this subtitle and to the rules promulgated adopted by the department under this subtitle, a written license therefor from the department:

A. A residential care facility;

A-1. In accordance with subparagraphs (1) and (2), a congregate housing services program either directly or by contract providing to its residents any of the following services: personal care assistance, the administration of medication or nursing services.

(1) A congregate housing services program may directly provide to its residents meals, housekeeping and chore assistance, case management and personal care assistance delivered on the site of congregate housing without obtaining a separate license to do so.

(2) A congregate housing services program licensee may hold at any one time only one license under section 7901-B, subsection 2. A qualified congregate housing services program may obtain a license for a different category under section 7901-B, subsection 2, upon application and surrender of the previous license;

B. A drug treatment center;

C. A children's home;

D. A child placing agency;

E. A day care facility;

F. A nursery school; or

G. An adult day care program.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §7801, sub-§6 is enacted to read: