House File 2578 H-8333 Amend House File 2578 as follows: 1 1. Page 28, line 14, by striking < 40,816,931 > and inserting 2 < 50,816,931 > 3 2. Page 28, line 15, after < 1. > by inserting < a. > 4 3. Page 28, line 15, by striking < 34,966,931 > and inserting 5 < 44,966,931 > 6 4. Page 28, after line 17 by inserting: 7 < b. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $10,000,000 8 shall be used to fund a salary increase incentive fund. The 9 fund shall be available to a child care center registered 10 to provide child care under the state child care assistance 11 program that pays staff counted as part of the child care 12 center’s staff ratio a minimum of $15 per hour. Payments from 13 the fund to an eligible child care center shall be based on 14 the number of staff counted as part of a child care center’s 15 staff ratio and shall be paid on a first-come-first-serve basis 16 until the fund is exhausted. The department of human services 17 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this 18 subsection, including rules requiring that, beginning July 1, 19 2022, as a condition of receiving payment through the state 20 child care assistance program, a child care center shall pay 21 its staff counted as part of the child care center’s staff 22 ratio a minimum of $15 per hour. > 23 ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -1- HF 2578.4287 (2) 89 dg/rn 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3. #4.