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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="10-468" title_number="10" title_name="Department of Aging" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Continuing Care">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A provider notified of financial difficulty by the Department shall prepare and submit to the Department for its approval a 5-year financial plan to correct the causes of the financial difficulty.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The financial plan shall be submitted within 60 days after receipt of notification.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The provider may request one 30-day extension from the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Secretary may grant or deny the extension.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall respond to the provider within 60 days after receipt of the proposed financial plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>work with the provider to establish the financial plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>consult with the Committee before approving the financial plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On approval, the financial plan shall be implemented.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The provider shall make available to its subscribers copies of its approved financial plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The provider shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submit to the Department an annual progress report for the term of its financial plan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>revise its financial plan if the Department determines that revisions are necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Department may withhold the renewal certificate of registration or withdraw a preliminary, initial, or renewal certificate of registration if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the provider does not prepare a financial plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the provider is unwilling or unable to prepare a financial plan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the financial plan is inadequate to correct the current or impending financial condition that necessitated the financial plan; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the provider fails to implement the financial plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
