Section 2759 - Coverage for hospice care services1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Hospice care services" means services provided on a 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week basis to a person who is terminally ill and that person's family. "Hospice care services" includes, but is not limited to, physician services; nursing care; respite care; medical and social work services; counseling services; nutritional counseling; pain and symptom management; medical supplies and durable medical equipment; occupational, physical or speech therapies; volunteer services; home health care services; and bereavement services. [2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §2(NEW); 2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §5(AFF).]B. "Person who is terminally ill" means a person that has a medical prognosis that the person's life expectancy is 12 months or less if the illness runs its normal course. [2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §2(NEW); 2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §5(AFF).] [2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §2(NEW); 2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §5(AFF).]
2.Coverage for hospice care services. All individual health policies must provide coverage for hospice care services to a person who is terminally ill. Hospice care services must be provided according to a written care delivery plan developed by a hospice care provider and the recipient of hospice care services. Coverage for hospice care services must be provided whether the services are provided in a home setting or an inpatient setting. [2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §2(NEW); 2001, c. 358, Pt. LL, §5(AFF).]
RR 2001, c. 1, § 31 (RAL) . 2001, c. 358, §LL2 (NEW) . 2001, c. 358, §LL5 (AFF) . 2001, c. 423, § 2 (NEW) . 2001, c. 423, § 5 (AFF) .