A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the department of Health and Human services, division of facility services, to post the fines and penalties assessed to long‑term care facilities, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STUDY COMMISSION ON AGING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Facility Services, shall establish and maintain a list of substantiated infractions, fines, and penalties assessed to long‑term care facilities.  The list shall be accessible on the Internet and implemented not later than October 15, 2006.  The Department shall report on the implementation of the list to the North Carolina Study Commission on Aging not later than November 1, 2006.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.