(a)   (1)   If a subscriber's continuing care agreement is an extensive or
modified agreement that promises a provider will provide assisted
living services, and if the provider does not have an assisted living
bed available at the facility when the subscriber needs the promised
care, the provider shall provide the assisted living services the
subscriber needs in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (2)   The provider shall provide assisted living services required under
paragraph (1) of this subsection to a subscriber:
      (i)   At the same rate the subscriber would have to pay if an assisted living
bed were available; and
      (ii)   At the provider's option:
        1.   In the subscriber's independent living unit; or
        2.   In a nearby licensed assisted living facility.
  (b)   (1)   If a subscriber's continuing care agreement is an extensive or
modified agreement that promises the provider will provide the
subscriber with comprehensive care services if the subscriber needs
them, and if the provider does not have a comprehensive care bed
available when the subscriber needs the promised care, the provider
shall provide the comprehensive care services needed in accordance with
paragraph (2) of this subsection.
    (2)   A provider shall provide the services required by paragraph (1) of this
subsection:
      (i)   At the same rates a subscriber would have paid if a comprehensive bed
were available; and
      (ii)   At the provider's option:
        1.   In the subscriber's independent or assisted living unit; or
        2.   In a nearby licensed comprehensive care facility.
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