OK, I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so please correct me if I'm wrong. This is based on the statute you highlighted, which seems to say federal funding can't be used to withhold nutrition and hydration.
Medicaid/Medicare is a federal program. The hospice in which she resides receives Medicaid/Medicare funding. How then is the feeding tube withdrawal by the hospice not a violation of federal law?
No. It seems to say that even if federal funding is being used, they don't care if nutrition and hydration is withheld.