The bill establishes a Hospital to Home Partnership Program within the executive office of health and human services, as outlined in the newly inserted Section 4E of Chapter 19A of the General Laws. The program aims to foster partnerships between acute-care hospitals and aging services access points (ASAPs) to enhance communication and coordination with community providers. This initiative is designed to promote institutional diversion and improve discharge rates from hospitals to home and community-based settings.

Additionally, the bill mandates that participating acute-care hospitals include at least one ASAP staff member to act as a home and community-based services hospital liaison. This liaison will facilitate connections between individuals and home and community-based services programs, thereby supporting efforts to enable discharges to community settings rather than skilled nursing facilities or other institutional placements.