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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 237A.29, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 237A.29STATE AND FEDERALPUBLIC FUNDING OF CHILD CARE. 1 4 1. State funds and federal funds provided to the state in 1 5 accordance with federal requirements shall not be used to pay 1 6 for the care, supervision, and guidance of a child for periods 1 7 of less than twenty-four hours per day on a regular basis 1 8 unless the care, supervision, and guidance is defined as child 1 9 care as used in this chapter. 1 10 2. a. For the purposes of this subsection, "fraudulent 1 11 means" means knowingly making or causing to be made, a false 1 12 statement or a misrepresentation of a material fact, knowingly 1 13 failing to disclose a material fact, or committing a 1 14 fraudulent practice. 1 15 b. If a child care provider has been found in an 1 16 administrative or criminal proceeding to have obtained, by 1 17 fraudulent means, public funding for provision of child care 1 18 in an amount equal to or in excess of the minimum amount for a 1 19 fraudulent practice in the second degree under section 714.10, 1 20 subsection 1, the child care provider is ineligible to receive 1 21 subsequent public funding for provision of child care. 1 22 c. In determining the value of the public funding obtained 1 23 by fraudulent means, if the public funding is obtained by two 1 24 or more acts of fraudulent means by the same person or 1 25 location, or is obtained by different persons by two or more 1 26 acts which occur in approximately the same location or time 1 27 period so that the fraudulent means used to obtain the public 1 28 funding are attributable to a single scheme, plan, or 1 29 conspiracy, these acts may be considered as a single instance 1 30 of the use of fraudulent means and the value may be the total 1 31 value of all money involved. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 This bill provides that a child care provider who has been 1 34 found in an administrative or criminal proceeding to have used 1 35 fraudulent means to obtain public funding for child care is 2 1 ineligible to receive further public funding for provision of 2 2 child care. 2 3 The bill defines "fraudulent means" to mean knowingly 2 4 making a false statement or misrepresenting a material fact, 2 5 knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, or committing a 2 6 fraudulent practice. If a child care provider is found to 2 7 have used fraudulent means to obtain public funding for 2 8 provision of child care in an amount equal to or in excess of 2 9 the minimum amount for a fraudulent practice in the second 2 10 degree, the provider is ineligible to receive further public 2 11 funding for provision of child care. The minimum amount for a 2 12 fraudulent practice in the second degree under Code section 2 13 714.10(1) is an amount in excess of $1,000. Such fraudulent 2 14 practice is a class "D" felony. 2 15 The bill provides that in determining the value of the 2 16 public funding obtained by fraudulent means, if two or more 2 17 acts of fraudulent means used to obtain the funding are 2 18 attributable to a single scheme, plan, or conspiracy, these 2 19 acts may be considered to be a single instance of the use of 2 20 fraudulent means and the value is the total value of all money 2 21 involved. 2 22 LSB 1047SS 79 2 23 jp/pj/5.1
Text: SF00301 Text: SF00303 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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