MA S1614

Defines "high risk patients" as those with chronic conditions that challenge care access, including dementia, diabetes complications, stroke, and heart-related issues

Requires home health care agencies to obtain updated treatment plans and medication lists from primary care doctors and hospitals when high risk patients are discharged

Mandates that substitute home visiting nurses receive current medication lists and administration instructions, and that high risk patients maintain adequate supplies of critical medications when nurses lock medications

Requires home visiting nurses to report inadvertent medical errors to the primary doctor and inform family members

Establishes a commission to study the needs of the growing elder adult population, causes of patient harm in home health care, challenges for health care workers, and recommendations to improve patient safety