# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 21 — Behavioral Health Regulations

### Chapter 27 — Community Mental Health Programs — Respite Care Services

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 10.21.27.02*

A. In this chapter, terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 10.21.17 and in this regulation.

B. Term Defined. “Respite care” means services that are:

  (1) Provided for an adult with serious and persistent mental illness or a child with serious emotional disturbance;

  (2) Provided on a short-term basis in a community-based setting; and

  (3) Designed to support an individual to remain in the individual's home by:

    (a) Providing the individual with enhanced support or a temporary alternative living situation; or

    (b) Assisting the individual's home caregiver by temporarily freeing the caregiver from the responsibility of caring for the individual.