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Commission: Massachusetts oversight of continuing-care retirement communities is patchwork of state and federal rules
Summary
State and federal officials told a legislative special commission that oversight of continuing-care retirement communities (CCRCs) in Massachusetts is split among multiple agencies and laws, leaving gaps in consumer protections and inconsistent disclosures about services and care levels.
At a meeting of the special commission on continuing-care retirement communities, researchers and state officials described a fragmented oversight framework that leaves some CCRC services regulated and others exempt.
Representatives from the Executive Office of Aging and Independence, the Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Public Health told the panel that different parts of a typical CCRC—independent housing, assisted-living–style services and licensed nursing facilities—are governed under different rules and by different agencies.
The distinction matters because state assisted-living regulations do not automatically apply to CCRCs. “Our assisted living regulations, 650,112, specifically exempt CCRCs,” said Shavonn Coyle, a lawyer with the Executive Office of Aging and Independence. Coyle said the office nevertheless requires CCRCs to file marketing materials, contracts…
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