H-8106

   Amend Senate File 2251, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY PILOT PROJECT.
   1.  The department of human services shall implement a pilot project in Hamilton, Lee, Pottawattamie, and Scott counties for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014. Under the pilot project, for persons residing in the pilot project counties, the department shall apply revised requirements to authorize eligibility for the state child care assistance program for the following families who meet the program’s other eligibility requirements:
   a.  Families with an income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level whose members, for at least 28 hours per week in the aggregate, are employed or are participating at a satisfactory level in an approved training program or educational program.
   b.  Families with an income of more than 100 percent but not more than 145 percent of the federal poverty level whose members, for at least 28 hours per week in the aggregate, are employed or are participating at a satisfactory level in an approved training program or educational program.
   2.  The department shall report to the governor and general assembly in January 2015 concerning the pilot project. The department shall consult with participating families, community colleges, united way agencies, and other stakeholders in developing the report. The information in the report shall provide findings and recommendations and shall include but is not limited to an analysis of the fiscal effect on the program of applying the revised requirements, the effect of the revised requirements on the current net income and potential future income of the families utilizing the revised eligibility requirements, and the effect of applying the revised eligibility requirements on a statewide basis.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act providing for a state child care assistance program eligibility pilot project.>

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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

L. MILLER of Scott, Chairperson