S-3135

   Amend Senate File 445 as follows:
   1.  Page 19, line 28, by striking <CHILD CARE WORKFORCE ——>
   2.  Page 19, after line 28 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 237A.13, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  (1)  (a)  One On or before June 30, 2025, one hundred sixty percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing basic care.
   (b)  Beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, one hundred seventy percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing basic care.
   (c)  Beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, one hundred eighty percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing basic care.
   (d)  Beginning July 1, 2027, and ending June 30, 2028, one hundred ninety percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing basic care.
   (e)  On or after July 1, 2028, two hundred percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing basic care.
   (2)  (a)  Two On or before June 30, 2025, two hundred percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing special needs care.
   (b)  Beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, two hundred ten percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing special needs care.
   (c)  Beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, two hundred twenty percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing special needs care.
   (d)  Beginning July 1, 2027, and ending June 30, 2028, two hundred thirty percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing special needs care.
   (e)  Beginning July 1, 2028, and ending June 30, 2029, two hundred forty percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the family size for children needing special needs care.
   Sec. ___.  Section 237A.13, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, if at least one of a child’s parents is under eighteen years of age, the child shall automatically be eligible for state child care assistance.
   Sec. ___.  Section 237A.13, subsection 8, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  A child that is eligible for state child care assistance under subsection 2A.>
   3.  Page 21, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  237A.15  Child care assistance —— temporary enrollment.
   1.  Notwithstanding section 237A.13, subsections 1 and 2, a child shall be temporarily enrolled in the state child care assistance program if all of the following apply:
   a.  The child has at least one sibling that is currently enrolled in the state child care assistance program.
   b.  The provider providing child care to the child’s sibling agreed to provide child care to the child and notified the department of the provider’s agreement. The department shall approve a child as temporarily enrolled in the state child care assistance program within one business day of the date the department received notification, and shall send notice of approval to the provider and the child’s family.
   c.  The child’s family shall have twenty-one calendar days from the date the department approved the child’s temporary enrollment to submit an application to enroll the child in the state child care assistance program under section 237A.13. The department shall have five business days from the date the department receives the application to render a decision on the application.
   d.  A child’s temporary enrollment shall end if the child’s family does not apply for the state child care assistance program under paragraph “c”, or the department renders a decision on the child’s application for the state child care assistance program.
   2.  Upon the department temporarily enrolling a child in the state child care assistance program, the department shall remit payment to the provider providing child care to the child in an amount equal to twenty-eight days of the provider’s full-day child care rate.
   3.  This section shall not be construed to require a provider to provide child care to a child prior to the department approving the child as temporarily enrolled pursuant to subsection 1.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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JANET PETERSEN