This amendment adds $370,000 from the general fund and $3.3 million from nongeneral funds the second year to develop and implement a single, statewide technology solution that connects all the emergency departments in the Commonwealth to enable real time communication and collaboration between physicians, providers and other clinical or care management personnel for patients receiving services in hospital emergency departments for the purpose of improving the quality of patient care services, and lowering costs. The general fund for implementing this program would be matched with $3.3 million in federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act funds for a total budget in fiscal year 2018 of $3.7 million. Implementation of this program is contingent upon the receipt of federal HITECH Act funds.