HF 2127 (LSB 5285HV (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2127

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 510)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to payments to child care providers from families participating in the state child care assistance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 237A.13, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  A child care provider shall be allowed to collect from a family participating in the state child care assistance program the difference between the state child care assistance reimbursement rate and the rate the provider would typically charge a private-pay family for child care, provided the child care provider and family agree in writing to such additional payments prior to the provision of the child care.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to payments to child care providers from families participating in the state child care assistance (CCA) program.
   The bill allows a child care provider to collect from a family participating in the CCA program the difference between the CCA program reimbursement rate and the rate the provider would typically charge a private-pay family for child care, provided the child care provider and family agree in writing to such additional payments prior to the provision of the child care.