It's "written" on a case-by-case basis. If a doctor certifies the patient as terminal (and that determination can be due solely to a decision to withhold food and water, with no underlying medical condition such as cancer or disease), the patient is admissible to hospice, and the hospice is eligible for federal monies.
I thought in Florida is was the law, now, that if someone who is mentally disabled shows NO SIGNS of improvement (even tho they may have not had access to therapy or new testing in TEN YEARS...as was Terri's plight) then they could go ahead and STARVE AND DEHYDRATE that person to death...
Same thing. The patient would live for an indefinite period if fed, but is deemed to be legally terminal by the decision to withhold food and water.
This is genuinely horrifying. This is 'Hitlerian', nazi Germany style, deja vu and all that rot. This has to stop. NOW! This is euthanasia. Period.