HF 107 (LSB 1379YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 107

BY  EHLERT, STAED, B. MEYER, LEVIN, CAHILL, WILSON, BROWN-POWERS, CROKEN, KURTH, COOLING, and SRINIVAS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to state child care assistance payments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 237A.13, subsection 4, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The department’s billing and payment provisions for the program shall allow providers to elect either biweekly or monthly billing and payment for child care provided under based on the number of hours of child care scheduled for a child enrolled in the program. The department shall remit payment to a provider within ten business days of receiving a bill or claim for services provided. However, if the department determines that a bill has an error or omission, the department shall notify the provider of the error or omission and identify any correction needed before issuance of payment to the provider. The department shall provide the notice within five business days of receiving the billing from the provider and shall remit payment to the provider within ten business days of receiving the corrected billing.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that the department of human services shall pay child care providers enrolled in the state’s child care assistance program based on the number of hours of child care scheduled for a child enrolled in the program instead of for child care provided.