Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "hospice services" means:
(1) palliative care for the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and other special needs of a hospice program patient during the final stages of a hospice program patient's terminal illness; and
(2) care for the psychological, social, spiritual, and other needs of the hospice program patient's family before and after the hospice program patient's death.
As added by P.L.24-1997, SEC.54.