42 USC § 9859 - Definitions

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title: "42 USC § 9859 - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9859"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II–C"
subchapter_name: "CHILD CARE SAFETY AND HEALTH GRANTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIV, § 1401, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1143.)"
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# § 9859. Definitions

In this subchapter:

**(1)** **Child with a disability; infant or toddler with a disability** The terms “child with a disability” and “infant or toddler with a disability” have the meanings given the terms in sections 1401 and 1431 of title 20.

**(2)** **Eligible child care provider** The term “eligible child care provider” means a provider of child care services for compensation, including a provider of care for a school-age child during non-school hours, that—

applicable to the child care services the provider provides.

**(A)** is licensed, regulated, registered, or otherwise legally operating, under State and local law; and

**(B)** satisfies the State and local requirements,

**(3)** **Secretary** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

**(4)** **State** The term “State” means any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIV, § 1401, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1143.)