Regulations

The department shall promulgate regulations for licensing an acute care hospital's acute hospital care at-home programs and services. At a minimum, the regulations must address: (1) diagnoses that respond safely and effectively to home-based acute care; (2) patient eligibility criteria and screening requirements, including patient consent; (3) multidisciplinary team requirements, including roles and responsibilities of team members; (4) standards for continuous remote patient monitoring and connectivity with the patient; (5) standards for the development of in-home services to ensure same level of care in the home as in a traditional hospital stay; and (6) standards for patient safety.