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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-509" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="State Residential Centers for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “respite care” means care that is made available for an individual with an intellectual disability in a State residential center to provide relief for the person with whom the individual ordinarily lives.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Under regulations that the Department adopts, each State residential center shall reserve at least 2 percent, but not more than 4 percent, of its total beds for respite care.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Respite care for an individual may not exceed 45 days within any 1–year period or 28 consecutive days.</text>
  </level>
</section>
