MA H4432

Establishes a Hospital to Home Partnership Program within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to promote partnerships between acute-care hospitals and aging services access points (ASAPs)

Aims to strengthen communication and coordination with community providers to divert patients from institutional care and increase discharge rates to home and community-based settings

Requires participating acute-care hospitals to include at least 1 ASAP staff member as a home and community-based services hospital liaison

The liaison will connect patients to home and community-based services programs to enable community discharge instead of placement in skilled nursing facilities or other institutions