Bill > S495

This bill establishes the Hospital to Home Partnership Program within the executive office of health and human services, designed to improve care transitions for patients. The program aims to create stronger partnerships between Acute Care Hospitals (medical facilities providing short-term treatment) and Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs, which are local organizations helping seniors and disabled individuals access community services). Specifically, the bill requires each participating hospital to have at least one ASAP staff member serving as a Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Hospital Liaison, whose primary responsibility will be helping patients connect with community services and programs. The ultimate goals of this program are to promote institutional diversion (preventing unnecessary institutional placement), increase discharge rates to home and community-based settings, and enhance communication and coordination among healthcare providers. By facilitating these connections, the program seeks to support patients in transitioning from hospital care to home or community-based care more effectively.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S495