Title 22, Title 22

1. Inspection required. A license may not be issued by the department to a residential care facility until the department has received from the Commissioner of Public Safety a written statement signed by one of the officials designated under Title 25, section 2360, 2391 or 2392 t…

In accordance with this section, the department shall adopt rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375 for the inspection of assisted living facilities as defined in section 7852, subsection 4‑A by the Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee and the fees for that…

1. Permission to manage personal funds. An operator or agent of an assisted housing facility may not manage, hold or deposit in a financial institution the personal funds of a resident of the facility unless the operator or agent has received written permission from: A. The resid…

The department shall: [PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. A, §1 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. B, §25 (AFF).] 1. Facilities with 4 or fewer beds. Reimburse all residential care facilities of up to 4 beds at a rate of at least $433 per month; and 2. Facilities with 5 or 6 beds. Reimburse all resid…

Whenever there are pertinent and available health and other records about a person who seeks admission as a resident to a residential care facility, those records must be provided to the administrator of the facility at least 7 days prior to the date of admission, unless there ar…

The department shall permit shared staffing within multi-level health care facilities as long as there is a clear, documented audit trail and the staffing in the residential care facilities remains adequate to meet the needs of residents. Staffing to be shared may be based on the…

The Department of Health and Human Services, with advice from the Maine State Housing Authority, the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service or any other housing agency financing assisted housing facilities, shall administer state-funded assisted housing fa…

Except as provided by subsection 2-A, all contracts or agreements executed by providers of assisted living services under this chapter and a consumer or the legal representative of the consumer are subject to the requirements of this section. [PL 2023, c. 89, §4 (AMD).] 1. Requir…

1. New construction, acquisitions and renovations. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department shall permit a capital expenditure by a residential care facility for new construction, an acquisition or a renovation that is less than $500,000 and shall provide rei…