Sec. 5. “Hospice program patient” means a patient who:

(1) has been diagnosed by a licensed physician as having a terminal illness;

(2) has a prognosis for a life expectancy in accordance with 42 C.F.R. § 418.3; and

(3) receives hospice services from a hospice program.

As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.12.