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title: "42 U.S.C. § 300ii–2"
description: "National lifespan respite resource center"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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section: "300ii–2"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300ii–2"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 300ii–2 - National lifespan respite resource center

## Text

(a) Establishment The Secretary may award a grant or cooperative agreement to a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Lifespan Respite Care (referred to in this section as the “center”).

(b) Purposes of the center The center shall—

(1) maintain a national database on lifespan respite care;

(2) provide training and technical assistance to State, community, and nonprofit respite care programs; and

(3) provide information, referral, and educational programs to the public on lifespan respite care.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXIX, § 2903, as added Pub. L. 109–442, § 2, Dec. 21, 2006, 120 Stat. 3295.)