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| | | An Act To Implement Regulatory Reforms and To Address |
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| | | Staffing Issues in Long-term Care Facilities |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, long-term care facilities and programs operate within a | | highly regulated system that inflates the cost of care for | | elderly and disabled persons; and |
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| | | Whereas, implementation of regulatory reform and staffing | | changes in long-term care facilities will provide regulatory | | relief beginning immediately upon implementation; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §334, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 664, §2, is amended | | to read: |
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| | | §334. Nursing facility projects |
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| | | Nursing facility projects that propose to add new nursing | | facility beds to the inventory of nursing facility beds within |
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