(a) The General Assembly finds that this subchapter is necessary to provide an alternative process to formal judicial or administrative appeals of deficiencies for long-term care facilities as a means for faster, more efficient, and less expensive resolution of disputes concerning deficiencies cited against long-term care facilities.(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide a process supplemental to formal appeal that is both fair and impartial to all parties to address disputes between long-term care facilities and the Office of Long-Term Care when a deficiency is cited against a long-term care facility.Acts 2003, No. 1108, § 1. (a) The General Assembly finds that this subchapter is necessary to provide an alternative process to formal judicial or administrative appeals of deficiencies for long-term care facilities as a means for faster, more efficient, and less expensive resolution of disputes concerning deficiencies cited against long-term care facilities.(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide a process supplemental to formal appeal that is both fair and impartial to all parties to address disputes between long-term care facilities and the Office of Long-Term Care when a deficiency is cited against a long-term care facility.Acts 2003, No. 1108, § 1.
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