| Sec. 1. Notice of deficient care in long-term care settings. Resolved: That the |
| Department of Human Services, Bureau of Medical Services, Division of |
| Licensing shall work together with interested parties, providers of long- |
| term care services in home settings and in facilities and advocates for |
| persons with disabilities, the elderly and consumers of long-term care |
| services to review information that is available to the public on |
| deficient care in long-term care settings. This working group shall |
| review information available through the federal Centers for Medicare and |
| Medicaid Services and the State of Maine on deficient care in long-term |
| care settings and shall provide a report and make recommendations |
| regarding increased access to public information regarding deficiencies |
| in long-term care settings to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and |
| Human Services no later than February 1, 2004. |
