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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 237A.13 STATE CHILD CARE 1 2 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 1 3 1. For purposes of this section, unless the context 1 4 otherwise requires, "federal poverty level" means the most 1 5 recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the 1 6 United States department of health and human services. 1 7 2. A state child care assistance program is established to 1 8 provide uniform access and eligibility standards for publicly 1 9 funded child day care. The program requirements shall be 1 10 established in rules adopted by the department in accordance 1 11 with this section pursuant to the recommendations of the child 1 12 day care advisory council. 1 13 3. a. Eligibility for state child care assistance shall 1 14 require an annual family income equal to or less than one 1 15 hundred-fifty percent of the federal poverty level. 1 16 b. The program shall not apply a copayment, sliding fee 1 17 scale, or other cost sharing requirement to participating 1 18 families with an annual income equal to or less than one 1 19 hundred percent of the federal poverty level. 1 20 4. The administrator shall contract for or implement by 1 21 other means a single point of access for eligibility 1 22 determination which provides for parental choice, consumer 1 23 education, and referral counseling. 1 24 5. Provider reimbursement shall utilize a voucher payment 1 25 system. The smallest unit of reimbursement shall be a half- 1 26 day rate. Reimbursement rates and the system for 1 27 administering reimbursement shall be uniform statewide. 1 28 Sec. 2. Section 239B.7, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 29 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 30 3. CHILD DAY CAREDEDUCTIONASSISTANCE. Afamily shall be1 31allowedfamily's eligibility for a state childdaycare 1 32deduction as specified in rulesassistance subsidy shall be 1 33 determined in accordance with section 237A.13. A family with 1 34 a stepparent shall beallowed aeligible for state childday1 35 caredeductionassistance for any children of the stepparent 2 1 or the parent, subject to the limits provided in applicable 2 2 rules. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 239B.8, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 2 4 1, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 5 A family investment agreement shall require an individual 2 6 to participate in one or more of the options enumerated in 2 7 this subsection. An individual's level of participation in 2 8 one or more of the options shall be equivalent to the level of 2 9 commitment required for full-time employment or shall be 2 10 significant so as to move the individual's level of 2 11 participation toward that level. The department shall adopt 2 12 rules for each option defining requirements and establishing 2 13 assistance provisions for child day care, transportation, and 2 14 other support services. Child day care assistance shall be 2 15 provided under the state child care assistance program created 2 16 in section 237A.13. The options shall include but are not 2 17 limited to all of the following: 2 18 Sec. 4. Section 239B.23, Code Supplement 1997, is amended 2 19 to read as follows: 2 20 239B.23 CHILD DAY CARE PROVISIONS. 2 21The following provisions involving child day care benefits2 22shall apply to individuals who no longer receive family2 23investment program assistance due to employment:2 241. Eligibility for transitional child care benefits for a2 25period of twenty-four months.2 262. The department shall automatically determine an2 27individual's eligibility for other child day care benefits if2 28the individual is not eligible for transitional child care or2 29eligibility for transitional child care benefits is exhausted.2 30 Applicants and participants shall be eligible for state 2 31 child care assistance as provided in section 237A.13. 2 32 Sec. 5. TRANSITIONAL CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE. 2 33 Notwithstanding the amendment to section 239B.23 in this Act, 2 34 an individual receiving transitional child care assistance 2 35 under section 239B.23 on June 30, 1998, shall remain eligible 3 1 for the assistance until the period of eligibility applicable 3 2 to that individual as of June 30, 1998, has expired. 3 3 EXPLANATION 3 4 This bill establishes a unified publicly funded child day 3 5 care assistance program administered by the department of 3 6 human services. 3 7 New Code section 237A.13 creates the state child care 3 8 assistance program in the Code chapter relating to child 3 9 daycare facilities under the authority of the department. The 3 10 department is directed to adopt rules for the program as 3 11 recommended by the child day care advisory council. 3 12 Eligibility is limited to families with an annual income at or 3 13 below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Cost sharing 3 14 requirements are not to be applied to participants with a 3 15 family income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty 3 16 level. Child day care provider reimbursement is to be 3 17 provided with vouchers and the smallest reimbursement unit is 3 18 to be one half-day. 3 19 Code section 239B.7, relating to exemptions, deductions, 3 20 and disregards for determining income and resources for family 3 21 investment program assistance, is amended. The amendment 3 22 replaces a deduction for child day care costs with a reference 3 23 to determining eligibility for a subsidy under the state child 3 24 care assistance program created in the bill. 3 25 Code section 239B.8, relating to family investment program 3 26 agreement options and provisions for child day care and other 3 27 support, is amended to provide that child day care assistance 3 28 is to be provided in accordance with the state child care 3 29 assistance program created in the bill. 3 30 Code section 239B.23, providing for 24 months of 3 31 transitional child care assistance for persons who leave the 3 32 family investment program due to earned income, is amended to 3 33 remove the entitlement to 24 months of child care. Instead, 3 34 child care assistance is to be provided in accordance with the 3 35 state child care assistance program created in the bill. 4 1 The bill includes a transition provision allowing persons 4 2 who are receiving transitional child care assistance as of 4 3 June 30, 1998, to continue receiving that assistance until 4 4 their eligibility under the law in effect as of June 30, 1998, 4 5 would expire. 4 6 LSB 3816XS 77 4 7 jp/jw/5
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