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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-701" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Nonresidential Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Eligible child” means an individual with developmental disability under the age of 22 years who is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In an out-of-home placement; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At immediate risk of out-of-home placement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Family” means an eligible child’s natural, adoptive, or foster parents.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Family” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A guardian;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A person acting as a parent of a child; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A relative or stepparent with whom a child lives.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Family support services” means a program designed to enable a family to provide for the needs of a child with developmental disability living in the home.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Family support services” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Individual and family counseling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Personal care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Day care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Specialized equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Health services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Respite care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Housing adaptations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Transportation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>Other necessary services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Program” means the Family Support Services Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
