| Chapter 300 |
| 2022 -- H 7559 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/29/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES |
Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Carson, Morales, Kislak, Cortvriend, Potter, Knight, Donovan, and Fogarty |
| Date Introduced: February 18, 2022 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 23-17 of the General Laws entitled "Licensing of Healthcare |
| Facilities" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 23-17-65. Transparency of ownership in health care healthcare facilities. |
| (a) Any operator or operators of a nursing facility shall file with the department of health |
| information of ownership including, but not limited to, the following: |
| (1) The name, address, and a description of the interest held by each of the following |
| persons: |
| (i) Any person, who directly or indirectly, beneficially owns any interest in the land on |
| which the facility is located; |
| (ii) Any person who, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns any interest in the building |
| in which the facility is located; |
| (iii) Any person who, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns any interest in any mortgage, |
| note, deed of trust, or other obligation secured, in whole or in part, by the land on which or building |
| in which the facility is located; |
| (iv) Any person who, directly or indirectly, has any interest as lessor or lessee in any lease |
| or sub-lease of the land on which or the building in which the facility is located; |
| (v) Any person who is the ultimate and actual owner of the land, building, mortgages, and |
| leases of the nursing facility and any lessee of the land or building; and |
| (vi) The operator or operators of the nursing facility. |
| (2) If any person named in subsection (a)(1) of this section is a partnership or limited |
| liability company, then the name and address of each partner or member. |
| (3) If any person named in subsection (a)(1) of this section is a corporation, other than a |
| corporation whose shares are traded on a national securities exchange or are regularly quoted in an |
| over-the-counter market or which is a commercial bank, savings bank, or savings and loan |
| association, then the name and address of each officer, director, stockholder and, if known, each |
| principal stockholder and controlling person of such corporation. |
| (4) If any corporation named in subsection (a)(1) of this section is a corporation whose |
| shares are traded on a national securities exchange or are regularly quoted in an over-the-counter |
| market or which is a commercial bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, then the name |
| and address of the principal executive officers and each director and, if known, each principal |
| stockholder of such corporation. |
| (b) In order to promote greater transparency, the department of health shall, upon request, |
| furnish to the public all documents and information received pursuant to this section. |
| (c) As used in this section, the term "operator" means the licensee and also includes the |
| complete ownership entity above the actual entity holding the license. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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| LC004409/SUB A |
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