SECTION 1. Section 14 of chapter 19D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “regulation”, in line 18, the following words:- "; provided, that the department shall require, in the case of a written residency agreement that provides for a refundable entrance fee, the facility shall assign a vacated unit a sequential refund number among all the available units with refundable entrance fees after the date that all the conditions for issuing a sequential refund number, as provided in the written residency agreement, are fulfilled. Any balance to the resident shall be payable based upon the order of the sequential refund number, or within 1 year after the unit has been vacated, whichever comes first".

SECTION 2. Section 76 of chapter 93 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “dies”, in line 137, the following words:- "; provided, however, that in the case of a continuing care agreement that provides for a refundable entrance fee, the facility shall assign a vacated unit a sequential refund number among all the available units with refundable entrance fees after the date that all the conditions for issuing a sequential refund number, as provided in the continuing care agreement, are fulfilled. Any balance to the resident shall be payable based upon the order of the sequential refund number, or within 1 year after the unit has been vacated, whichever comes first".