LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF BENEFICIARIES FOR CERTAIN HOSPICE COVERAGE DENIALS.

SEC. 4447. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF BENEFICIARIES FOR CERTAIN HOSPICE COVERAGE DENIALS. Section 1879(g) (42 U.S.C. 1395pp(g)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right; (2) by striking “is,” and inserting “is—”; (3) by making the remaining text of subsection (g), as amended, that follows “is—” a new paragraph (1) and indenting such paragraph 2 ems to the right; (4) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) with respect to the provision of hospice care to an individual, a determination that the individual is not terminally ill”.