WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 670

[(l)] (I) Provides a hospice care program;

[(2)] (II) Is separate from any other facility;
and

[(3)](III) Admits at least 2 [but not more than
8] individuals who:

[(i)] 1. Are unrelated;

[(ii)] 2. Have no reasonable prospect of a
cure; and

[(iii)] 3. Are expected to die within 6
months; . OR

(2) A HOME BASED HOSPICE CARE PROGRAM.

[(c)] (D) "GENERAL Hospice Care Program" means a
coordinated, interdisciplinary program OF HOSPICE CARE SERVICES
for meeting the special physical, psychological, spiritual, and
social needs of dying individuals and their families, by
providing palliative and supportive medical, nursing, and other
health services through home or inpatient care during the illness
and bereavement:

(1)  To individuals who have no reasonable prospect of
cure and, as estimated by a physician have a life expectancy of
less than 6 months; and

(2)  To the families of those individuals.

[(d)] (E) "Hospice care services" means any services that a
hospital, related institution, home health agency, HOME BASED

HOSPICE CARE PROGRAM, hospice, or other licensed facility

provides under a hospice care program.

[(e)] (F) "GENERAL License" means a license issued by
the Secretary to operate a hospice GENERAL HOSPICE CARE PROGRAM.

(F) "LIMITED HOSPICE CARE PROGRAM" MEANS A COORDINATED,
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM OF HOSPICE CARE SERVICES FOR MEETING
THE SPECIAL PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND SOCIAL NEEDS
OF DYING INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY PROVIDING PALLIATIVE
AND SUPPORTIVE NONSKILLED SERVICES THROUGH A HOME-BASED HOSPICE
CARE PROGRAM DURING ILLNESS AND BEREAVEMENT:

(1) TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NO REASONABLE PROSPECT OF
CURE AND, AS ESTIMATED BY A PHYSICIAN HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF
LESS THAN 6 MONTHS; AND

(2) TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

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