House File 597 H-1014 Amend House File 597 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 15 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. DIRECTIVE TO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— 3 CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE —— FAMILY INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT. 4 1. The department of human services shall amend its 5 administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide income 6 eligibility for state child care assistance, according to 7 family size for children needing basic care, to families whose 8 nonexempt gross monthly income does not exceed two hundred 9 percent of the federal poverty level, effective January 1, 10 2020, and shall provide for an incremental increase in this 11 income eligibility requirement by fifty percent every year 12 thereafter until a family’s nonexempt gross monthly income 13 exceeds four hundred percent of the federal poverty level. 14 2. The rules adopted pursuant to this section shall take 15 effect January 1, 2020. > 16 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting 17 < An Act relating to income eligibility requirements for state 18 assistance programs. > 19 ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -1- HF597.804 (3) 88 hb/rn 1/ 1 #1. #2.