Bill > H4432

This bill establishes the Hospital to Home Partnership Program within the executive office of health and human services, designed to improve transitions for patients leaving hospitals by enhancing communication and coordination between acute-care hospitals and aging services access points (ASAPs). Under this program, participating acute-care hospitals will be required to include at least one ASAP staff member who serves as a home and community-based services hospital liaison. The primary goal of this liaison is to help connect patients to community services and support systems that can facilitate discharge directly to home or community-based settings, as an alternative to placement in skilled nursing facilities or other institutional care environments. By creating these partnerships and dedicated liaison roles, the bill aims to promote institutional diversion and increase the number of patients who can successfully return home after hospitalization, potentially improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs associated with prolonged institutional care.

Health and Social Services

Joint Committee on Aging and Independence (Other)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4432