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Children" and "Subtitle 9. Child Abuse" and enacted a
new subtitle "Subtitle 7. Child Abuse and Neglect".

14.

(c) (3) [A member, in Charles County] IN CHARLES COUNTY, A
MEMBER shall be appointed for a 4-year term.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic error in Article 88A, § 14(c)(3).

Occurred: Ch. 328, Acts of 1988.

[Respite Care for Developmentally Disabled Persons]

RESPITE CARE FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY
DISABLED PERSONS

128.

(a)   "Respite care" means short-term care of an individual
with a developmental or functional disability or an individual
with a head injury who, notwithstanding age, meets the definition
of developmentally disabled, which is provided either within or
outside the individual's home for the purpose of giving temporary
relief to the individual or to the family.

(b)  Subject to the appropriation provided for this program
in the State budget, respite care for one individual may not
exceed the following limits within a State fiscal year:

(1)  Up to a total of 24 hours of care which is
provided in periods of less than 10 hours in any 24-hour period;
and

(2)  Up to 14 days of care a "day" being defined for
purposes of this section as no fewer than 10 nor more than 24
hours in any 24-hour period.

(c)  The term "developmentally disabled" means a severe,
chronic disability of a person which:

(1)   Is attributable to a mental or physical
impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments,
including a head injury;

(2)  Is manifested before the person attains age 22;

(3)  Is likely to continue indefinitely;

(4)  Results in substantial functional limitations in
three or more of the following areas of major life activity: (i)

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