SECTION 1. Chapter 93 of the acts of 2020 is hereby amended by striking out section 1 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
Section 1. (a) As used in this section, “elder care facilities” shall include: (1) the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts located in the city of Chelsea; (2) the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; (3) a convalescent home, nursing home, intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability, rest home or charitable home for the aged licensed pursuant to section 71 of chapter 111 of the General Laws; (4) a skilled nursing facility; (5) assisted living residences licensed by the executive office of elder affairs; (6) elderly housing facilities that have access to or can reasonably obtain health care information of residents of such facilities; (7) any residential premises available for lease by elderly or disabled individuals that is financed or subsidized in whole or in part by state or federal housing programs established primarily to furnish housing rather than housing and personal services, as set forth in a listing established by the secretary of elder affairs, that was never licensed under chapter 111 of the General Laws, and that the owners or operators of which have access to or can reasonably obtain health care information of residents of such residential premises; or (8) any other facility licensed as a long-term care facility by the department of public health.
SECTION 2. Subsection (e) of said section 1 of said chapter 93 is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following 2 sentences:- The department of public health may aggregate the data for any particular factor if not doing so would violate federal law or the privacy of any individual. All data reported pursuant to this section shall be available for download from the department’s website in a machine-readable format consistent with commonly available data analysis software.
SECTION 3. Said section 1 of said chapter 93 is hereby further amended by adding the following new subsection:-
(h) The department of public health may issue regulations to implement the reporting requirements in subsections (b) and (c), which regulations may provide penalties for violations thereof not exceeding $2,000 per day per violation.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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