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 124 STAT. 702 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(iv) a limited partnership, the general partners and any limited partners of the limited partnership who have an ownership interest in the limited partner- ship which is equal to or exceeds 10 percent; ‘‘(v) a trust, the trustees of the trust; ‘‘(vi) an individual, contact information for the indi- vidual; and ‘‘(vii) any other person or entity, such information as the Secretary determines appropriate.’’. (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Not later than the date that is 1 year after the date on which the final regulations promulgated under section 1124(c)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a), are published in the Federal Register, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make the information reported in accordance with such final regulations avail- able to the public in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.—Section 1819(d)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(d)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (B) NURSING FACILITIES.—Section 1919(d)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r(d)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary makes the information described in subsection (b)(1) available to the public under such subsection. SEC. 6102. ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND NURSING FACILITIES. Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), as amended by sections 6002 and 6004, is amended by inserting after section 1128H the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 1128I. ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES. ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF FACILITY.—In this section, the term ‘facility’ means— ‘‘(1) a skilled nursing facility (as defined in section 1819(a)); or ‘‘(2) a nursing facility (as defined in section 1919(a)). ‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS PROGRAMS.— ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—On or after the date that is 36 months after the date of the enactment of this section, a facility shall, with respect to the entity that operates the facility (in this subparagraph referred to as the ‘operating organization’ or ‘organization’), have in operation a compliance and ethics pro- gram that is effective in preventing and detecting criminal, civil, and administrative violations under this Act and in pro- moting quality of care consistent with regulations developed under paragraph (2). ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 2 years after such date of the enactment, the Secretary, Deadlines. Effective date. 42 USC 1320a–7j. 42 USC 1395i–3 note. Deadline. Procedures. 42 USC 1320a–3 note.