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PUBLIC LAW 109–442—DEC. 21, 2006 age who requires care or supervision beyond that required of children generally to— ‘‘(A) meet the child’s basic needs; or ‘‘(B) prevent physical injury, self-injury, or injury to others. ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘eligible State agency’ means a State agency that— ‘‘(A) administers the State’s program under the Older Americans Act of 1965, administers the State’s program under title XIX of the Social Security Act, or is designated by the Governor of such State to administer the State’s programs under this title; ‘‘(B) is an aging and disability resource center; ‘‘(C) works in collaboration with a public or private nonprofit statewide respite care coalition or organization; and ‘‘(D) demonstrates— ‘‘(i) an ability to work with other State and community-based agencies; ‘‘(ii) an understanding of respite care and family caregiver issues across all age groups, disabilities, and chronic conditions; and ‘‘(iii) the capacity to ensure meaningful involvement of family members, family caregivers, and care recipients. ‘‘(5) FAMILY CAREGIVER.—The term ‘family caregiver’ means an unpaid family member, a foster parent, or another unpaid adult, who provides in-home monitoring, management, supervision, or treatment of a child or adult with a special need. ‘‘(6) LIFESPAN RESPITE CARE.—The term ‘lifespan respite care’ means a coordinated system of accessible, communitybased respite care services for family caregivers of children or adults with special needs. ‘‘(7) RESPITE CARE.—The term ‘respite care’ means planned or emergency care provided to a child or adult with a special need in order to provide temporary relief to the family caregiver of that child or adult. ‘‘(8) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Intergovernmental relations. 42 USC 300ii–1.

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‘‘SEC. 2902. LIFESPAN RESPITE CARE GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.

‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— ‘‘(1) to expand and enhance respite care services to family caregivers; ‘‘(2) to improve the statewide dissemination and coordination of respite care; and ‘‘(3) to provide, supplement, or improve access and quality of respite care services to family caregivers, thereby reducing family caregiver strain. ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary is authorized to award grants or cooperative agreements for the purposes described in subsection (a) to eligible State agencies for which an application is submitted pursuant to subsection (d).

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