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Section 10 of chapter 6D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (q) and inserting in place thereof the following:- “(q) If the commission determines that a health care entity has: (i) willfully neglected to file a performance improvement plan with the commission within 45 days as required under subsection (d); (ii) failed to file an acceptable performance improvement plan in good faith with the commission; (iii) failed to implement the performance improvement plan in good faith; or (iv) knowingly failed to provide information required by this section to the commission or that knowingly falsifies the same, the commission shall assess a civil penalty to the health care entity of $500,000 per day.”.
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