Alaska Nativehas the meaning given the term “Native” in section 1602 of title 43;
community referral servicesmeans services provided under contract or through interagency agreements to assist families in obtaining needed information, mutual support and community resources, including respite care services, health and mental health services, employability development and job training, and other social services, including early developmental screening of children, through help lines or other methods.
fiscal year 2009 grant fundsmeans the amount appropriated under section 5106h of this title for fiscal year 2009, and not reserved under section 5106h(a)(2) of this title.
grant fundsmeans the amount appropriated under section 5106h of this title for a fiscal year and not reserved under section 5106h(a)(2) of this title.
infant or toddler with a disabilityhas the meaning given the term in section 1432 of title 20;
Native Hawaiianhas the meaning given the term in section 7517 of title 20;
near fatalitymeans an act that, as certified by a physician, places the child in serious or critical condition;
respite care servicesmeans short term care services, including the services of crisis nurseries, provided in the temporary absence of the regular caregiver (parent, other relative, foster parent, adoptive parent, or guardian) to children who— Such services shall be provided within or outside the home of the child, be short-term care (ranging from a few hours to a few weeks of time, per year), and be intended to enable the family to stay together and to keep the child living in the home and community of the child.
serious bodily injurymeans bodily injury which involves substantial risk of death, extreme physical pain, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty.
Statemeans each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
territorymeans Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
withholding of medically indicated treatmentmeans the failure to respond to the infant’s life-threatening conditions by providing treatment (including appropriate nutrition, hydration, and medication) which, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment, will be most likely to be effective in ameliorating or correcting all such conditions, except that the term does not include the failure to provide treatment (other than appropriate nutrition, hydration, or medication) to an infant when, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment—