HF 344 (LSB 1812YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 344

BY  EHLERT, BAGNIEWSKI, SRINIVAS, WILSON, KRESSIG, BROWN-POWERS, and B. MEYER

A BILL FOR

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

    Section 1.  Section 237A.13, subsection 6, Code 2025, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   6.  The department shall reimburse a child care provider who provides child care to a child participating in the state child care assistance program at the rate the provider would typically charge a private-pay family for 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 replaces the ability for child care providers to collect additional fees from families participating in the state child care assistance program (CCA) if the child care provider’s private-pay rate is more than the state’s CCA reimbursement rate with the requirement that the department of health and human services reimburse a child care provider at the rate the child care provider would typically charge a private-pay family for child care. Under current law, child care providers are reimbursed under the CCA at a rate equal to the lesser of the child care provider’s private-pay rate or a rate set by the state varying on the type of child care provider, the age of the child, and the child care provider’s rating under the quality rating system.