ME LD1961

Conditional licenses may be issued to personal care agencies, child care facilities, and mental health agencies upon initial application if they failed to comply with laws while operating under a different license type

Compliance monitoring for licensed mental health and substance use agencies changes from annually to every 2 years

Health care facilities must notify the state division of sentinel events within 3 business days and submit written reports within 45 days; patient suicide within 48 hours of receiving care added as a reportable sentinel event

Annual sentinel event report deadline shifts from February 1st to April 1st

Registry for certified nursing assistants, direct care workers, and immediate supervisors clarified to include disqualifying and nondisqualifying criminal convictions and substantiated findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property, with tiered employment bans of 5, 10, or 30 years for disqualifying convictions and lifetime bans for substantiated abuse findings