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• The health care and related needs of children who have chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions. Such needs are of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Special Health Care Need. (n.d.). HealthCare.gov Glossary. Retrieved February 4, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/special-health-care-need.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Special Health Care Need. HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/special-health-care-need (accessed: February 4, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Special Health Care Need." HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 4 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/special-health-care-need.

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