H-1014

   Amend House File 597 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 15 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  DIRECTIVE TO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE —— FAMILY INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT.
   1.  The department of human services shall amend its administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide income eligibility for state child care assistance, according to family size for children needing basic care, to families whose nonexempt gross monthly income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty level, effective January 1, 2020, and shall provide for an incremental increase in this income eligibility requirement by fifty percent every year thereafter until a family’s nonexempt gross monthly income exceeds four hundred percent of the federal poverty level.
   2.  The rules adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect January 1, 2020.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting <An Act relating to income eligibility requirements for state assistance programs.>

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MASCHER of Johnson