| '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.' |