HF 2083 (LSB 5409YH (5) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2083

BY  EHLERT and BARKER

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the department of health and human services to pay for child care provided to a foster child participating in the state child care assistance program at the same rate as child care provided to a child with special needs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE —— PAYMENT RATE FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDED TO A FOSTER CHILD.  
   1.  For purposes of this section:
   a.  “Child care” means the same as defined in section 237A.1.
   b.  “Child care assistance program” means the state child care assistance program established in section 237A.13.
   c.  “Foster child” means a child receiving child foster care as that term is defined in section 237.1.
   2.  The department shall amend the department’s administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require the department to pay for child care provided to a foster child participating in the child care assistance program at the same rate as child care provided to a child with special needs.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of health and human services to pay for child care provided to a foster child participating in the state child care assistance program at the same rate as child care provided to a child with special needs.