House
File
302
-
Enrolled
House
File
302
AN
ACT
ESTABLISHING
A
GRADUATED
ELIGIBILITY
PHASE-OUT
PROGRAM
FOR
STATE
CHILD
CARE
ASSISTANCE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
237A.14
Child
care
assistance
——
graduated
eligibility
phase-out.
1.
At
the
time
of
a
twelve-month
eligibility
redetermination
for
a
family
receiving
state
child
care
assistance,
the
family
shall
remain
eligible
to
receive
child
care
assistance,
subject
to
the
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
program
as
specified
in
subsection
2,
if
either
of
the
following
conditions
are
met:
a.
The
family’s
nonexempt
gross
monthly
income
is
determined
to
be
at
least
two
hundred
twenty-five
percent
but
less
than
two
hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care.
b.
The
family’s
nonexempt
gross
monthly
income
is
determined
to
be
at
least
two
hundred
twenty-five
percent
but
less
than
two
hundred
seventy-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
2.
a.
A
family
with
an
income
at
the
following
percentages
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care
shall
be
responsible
for
the
House
File
302,
p.
2
following
share
of
child
care
costs:
(1)
A
family
with
an
income
above
two
hundred
twenty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
but
less
than
two
hundred
thirty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
shall
pay
for
thirty-three
percent
of
the
family
child
care
costs.
(2)
A
family
with
an
income
at
or
above
two
hundred
thirty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
but
less
than
two
hundred
forty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
shall
pay
for
forty-five
percent
of
the
family
child
care
costs.
(3)
A
family
with
an
income
at
or
above
two
hundred
forty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
but
at
or
less
than
two
hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
shall
pay
for
sixty
percent
of
the
family
child
care
costs.
b.
A
family
with
an
income
at
the
following
percentages
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care
shall
be
responsible
for
the
following
share
of
child
care
costs:
(1)
A
family
with
an
income
above
two
hundred
twenty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
but
less
than
two
hundred
forty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
shall
pay
for
thirty-three
percent
of
the
family
child
care
costs.
(2)
A
family
with
an
income
at
or
above
two
hundred
forty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
but
less
than
two
hundred
sixty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
shall
pay
for
forty-five
percent
of
the
family
child
care
costs.
(3)
A
family
with
an
income
at
or
above
two
hundred
sixty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
but
at
or
less
than
two
hundred
seventy-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
shall
pay
for
sixty
percent
of
the
family
child
care
costs.
c.
The
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
as
provided
in
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
shall
be
implemented
no
later
than
July
1,
2022.
3.
Child
care
provider
reimbursement
rates
under
the
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
program
shall
be
the
same
rates
as
the
child
care
provider
reimbursement
rates
in
effect
on
July
1,
2021.
House
File
302,
p.
3
4.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
in
accordance
with
this
section.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
302,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor