| | | A.__Licensure for assisted housing programs must be | | available by category of housing and services provided, | | designated by type of housing and level of services | | provided to the resident. |
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| | | B.__An assisted housing program may hold at any one time | | only one license. |
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| | | C.__A licensed assisted housing program may apply for | | licensure under a different category of service, receive | | approval for that level and surrender the previous | | license. |
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| | | D.__Beginning October 15, 2003, in accordance with section | | 7802, subsection 1, paragraph F, licensure for the legal | | entity providing all assisted housing services except | | housing is available from the department.__In applying for | | this type of license, the applicant shall provide | | documentation to the department of a legal relationship | | with the owner of the private apartments in which the | | housing will be provided.__This paragraph does not apply | | to the provision of housing and services by a residential | | care facility. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §7802, sub-§1, ¶F is enacted to read: |
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| | | F.__Beginning October 15, 2003, the department may issue a | | license to a legal entity that offers all assisted housing | | services except housing in accordance with section 7801, | | subsection 6, paragraph D.__In applying for this type of | | license, the applicant shall provide documentation to the | | department of a legal relationship with the owner of the | | private apartments in which the housing will be provided.__ | | This paragraph does not apply to the provision of housing | | and services by a residential care facility. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §7853, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. A, | | §1 and affected by Pt. B, §25, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §7853, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. A, | | §1 and affected by Pt. B, §25, is amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Applicability of residents' rights rules. Any rules | | adopted pursuant to this section pertaining to residents' | | rights are applicable to independent housing with services | | programs and assisted living programs. As applicable to an | | assisted housing program that is licensed to provide all | | services except housing, in accordance with section 7801, | | subsection 6 and section 7802, subsection 1, paragraph F, the | | rules apply only to the services for which the assisted | | housing program is licensed and do not |
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