DEFINITIONS:

TERMINALLY ILL

A terminally ill person is defined as someone who has been certified by a medical doctor as having an illness or physical condition which can be reasonably expected to result in death within 24 months from the date of certification.

CHRONICALLY ILL

The term ''chronically ill individual'' is defined as an individual:

1.  Whose condition has been certified by a licensed health care practitioner within the last twelve (12) months.

AND who:

1.  Is unable to perform (without substantial assistance from another individual) at least 2 activities of daily living (see list below) for a period of at least 90 days due to a loss of functional capacity, or

2.  Has a level of disability similar to the condition described above, or

3.  Requires substantial supervision to protect such individual from threats to health and safety due to severe cognitive impairment.
  

Activities of daily living:

            1. Eating.
            2. Toileting.
            3. Transferring.
            4. Bathing.
            5. Dressing.
            6. Continence.