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.