(A) Each of the health care facilities and providers identified in division (B) of this section shall do both of the following:
(1) Establish a system for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care;
(2) Provide information on palliative care to patients and residents who could benefit from palliative care.
(B) Division (A) of this section applies to all of the following:
(1) A hospital registered under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code;
(2) An ambulatory surgical facility, as defined in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code;
(3) A nursing home, residential care facility, county home, or district home, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(4) A veterans' home operated under Chapter 5907. of the Revised Code;
(5) A hospice care program or pediatric respite care program, as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code;
(6) A home health agency, as defined in section 3740.01 of the Revised Code.
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