Amendment #3 to H4706

Hospital to Home Partnership Program

Mrs. Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION XXXX. Chapter 19A of the General Laws are hereby amended by inserting after section 4D the following section:-

Section 4E. (a) There is hereby established within the executive office of health and human services a Hospital to Home Partnership Program, with the mission to promote partnerships between acute-care hospitals, as defined by section 25B  of chapter 111  and aging services access points, or ASAPs, as defined by section 4B  of chapter 19A, and to strengthen communication and coordination with community providers to promote institutional diversion and increase discharge rates from hospitals to home and community-based settings.

(b) Acute- care hospitals participating in the Hospital to Home Partnership Program shall include at least 1 ASAP staff member to serve as a home and community-based services hospital liaison. The liaison shall support the hospital’s efforts to connect individuals to home and community-based services programs and other community services to enable a community discharge instead of a skilled nursing facility or other institutional placement.”.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #3 to H4706

Hospital to Home Partnership Program