House File 2440 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HOGG


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the state child care assistance program by
  2    providing for implementation of transitional eligibility
  3    period provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5683YH 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237A.13, Code 2005, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  The department shall implement a
  1  4 transitional eligibility period provision that is applicable
  1  5 unless a waiting list is in effect for the state child care
  1  6 assistance program.  Under the provision, if a family would
  1  7 become ineligible for the program due to excess earned income,
  1  8 the family shall remain eligible for an additional six=month
  1  9 period in accordance with this subsection.  If during the six=
  1 10 month transitional eligibility period, the family's monthly
  1 11 income again falls within the program's income eligibility
  1 12 requirements, the family shall resume participation under the
  1 13 program's regular requirements and remains eligible for a
  1 14 subsequent six=month transitional eligibility period.
  1 15 Otherwise, each month of the six=month transitional
  1 16 eligibility period that the family's earned income remains in
  1 17 excess of regular program eligibility requirements, the half=
  1 18 day copayment amount applicable to the family shall be
  1 19 increased by one standard increment above the half=day
  1 20 copayment amount applicable to the family in the previous
  1 21 month.  The incremental increases in the half=day copayment
  1 22 amount shall be suspended at the point the family's half=day
  1 23 copayment amount is equal to the maximum copayment amount
  1 24 applied under the program's regular income requirements.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill relates to the state child care assistance
  1 27 program under Code section 237A.13 by directing the department
  1 28 of human services to implement a six=month transitional
  1 29 eligibility period provision.  The provision applies unless a
  1 30 waiting list requirement is in effect for the program.
  1 31    A family remains eligible for the transitional period if
  1 32 the family's earned income exceeds the program's eligibility
  1 33 requirements.  Each month the family's income remains in
  1 34 excess of the eligibility requirements, the half=day copayment
  1 35 amount increases by one standard increment until the amount
  2  1 reaches the regular program's maximum copayment amount.  If
  2  2 during a transitional period the family's income again falls
  2  3 within the program's eligibility requirements, the family
  2  4 resumes participation under the program's regular requirements
  2  5 and remains eligible for a subsequent six=month transitional
  2  6 eligibility period.
  2  7 LSB 5683YH 81
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