1. (a) As used in this chapter, "homeless child" means a minor who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

2. (b) The term includes:

   1. (1) a child who:

      1. (A) shares the housing of other persons due to the child's loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
      2. (B) lives in a motel, hotel, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
      3. (C) lives in an emergency or transitional shelter;
      4. (D) is abandoned in a hospital or other place not intended for general habitation; or
      5. (E) is awaiting foster care placement;
   2. (2) a child who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
   3. (3) a child who lives in a car, a park, a public space, an abandoned building, a bus station, a train station, substandard housing, or a similar setting; and
   4. (4) a child of a migratory worker who lives in circumstances described in subdivisions (1) through (3).

As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.