House Study Bill 50 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MEYER) A BILL FOR An Act relating to state child care assistance eligibility for 1 children of full-time child care providers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1102YC (5) 90 dg/rh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 237A.13, Code 2023, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a 3 child shall be automatically eligible for state child care 4 assistance if the child’s parent is employed full-time as a 5 child care provider at a child care facility or child care home 6 registered in the state child care assistance program. 7 b. Subject to subsection 5, the family of an eligible 8 child pursuant to this subsection shall not be required to 9 make payments in order to receive state child care assistance 10 benefits. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill relates to state child care assistance eligibility 15 for children of full-time child care providers. 16 The bill provides that a child shall be automatically 17 eligible for state child care assistance (CCA) if the child’s 18 parent is employed full-time as a child care provider at 19 a child care facility or child care home registered to 20 provide child care in the state CCA program. An eligible 21 child’s family shall not be required to make copayments in 22 order to receive CCA benefits, but child care providers may 23 still require families to pay the difference between the CCA 24 reimbursement rate and the rate the provider would typically 25 charge a private-pay family for child care. 26 The bill notwithstands certain CCA eligibility requirements 27 for children in families as described in the bill. 28 -1- LSB 1102YC (5) 90 dg/rh 1/ 1