Senate File 445 S-3136 Amend Senate File 445 as follows: 1 1. Page 21, after line 19 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS FUND 4 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 237A.15 Child care solutions fund. 5 1. For purposes of this section: 6 a. “Child care worker” means a person employed by a child 7 care provider and whose primary duties involve the provision of 8 child care to children in this state. 9 b. “Community” means a geographic area designated by the 10 department under subsection 4. 11 c. “Fund” means the child care solutions fund created under 12 subsection 2. 13 2. A child care solutions fund is created within the state 14 treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall 15 consist of all of the following: 16 a. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly for the 17 purposes of this section. 18 b. Interest attributable to the investment of moneys in the 19 fund. 20 c. Moneys from gifts, devises, donations, and grants that 21 are intended to be used for the purposes of this section. 22 3. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department 23 for distribution to communities. Distributions shall provide 24 a state match of two dollars for every one dollar of private 25 investment a community obtains for the purpose of increasing 26 the wages of child care workers within the community. 27 4. a. The department shall establish eligibility 28 requirements for a geographic area to qualify for designation 29 as a community, and requirements for a geographic area to 30 maintain the community designation. 31 b. The department shall continue to designate communities 32 until the entire geographic area of the state is within a 33 community. 34 5. On or before January 1 of each year, the department shall 35 -1- SF 445.832 (3) 91 jda/jh 1/ 3 #1.

submit a report to the general assembly detailing all of the 1 following for the immediately preceding fiscal year: 2 a. The amount each community received from the fund. 3 b. The amount each community spent from the moneys the 4 community received from the fund, including the amount spent 5 on increasing the wages of child care workers within the 6 community, and the amount spent on administrative costs. 7 c. The number of child care providers that each community 8 supported with moneys from the fund. 9 d. The number of existing child care workers retained by 10 child care providers within each community as a result of 11 moneys the community received from the fund. 12 e. The number of new child care workers hired by child 13 care providers within each community as a result of moneys the 14 community received from the fund. 15 f. The number of additional child care slots created within 16 each community as a result of child care workers described 17 under paragraphs “d” and “e” . 18 g. The number of private entities that contributed private 19 investment for state match under this section. 20 h. The number of private entities that pledged to contribute 21 private investment for state match under this section in the 22 immediately succeeding fiscal year. 23 6. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 24 to administer this section. 25 Sec. ___. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— CHILD 26 CARE WAGE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT CONTINUATION. The department of 27 health and human services shall use the moneys in the child 28 care solutions fund created in section 237A.15 to continue to 29 provide state matching moneys to communities that received 30 funds due to the community’s participation in the department’s 31 child care wage enhancement project during the fiscal year 32 beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. 33 Sec. ___. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— 34 CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS FUND. There is appropriated from the 35 -2- SF 445.832 (3) 91 jda/jh 2/ 3

general fund of the state to the department of health and human 1 services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending 2 June 30, 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 3 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 4 For deposit in the child care solutions fund created in 5 section 237A.15: 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,000,000 > 7 2. Title page, line 8, after < program > by inserting < and the 8 child care solutions fund > 9 3. Title page, line 9, after < services > by inserting < , and 10 making an appropriation > 11 4. By renumbering as necessary. 12 ______________________________ CINDY WINCKLER -3- SF 445.832 (3) 91 jda/jh 3/ 3 #2. #3. #4.