AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.

What This Bill Does

• AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.
• This Act requires that the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) regulations for Purchase of Care (POC), this state's child care assistance program, provide authorization for a child care provider a child will attend during the summer at any time after January 1 because current regulations do not provide authorization for summer care early enough for families to enroll children in summer camps before camps are full.
• This requirement is consistent with existing POC regulations that allow families to have 2 child care providers if child care is needed at different hours or locations or in the event the primary provider is unavailable.
• Existing POC regulations also allow families to interrupt their child care assistance with a break during the summer without requiring reapplications for care when school resumes in September.

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Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.
This Act requires that the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) regulations for Purchase of Care (POC), this state's child care assistance program, provide authorization for a child care provider a child will attend during the summer at any time after January 1 because current regulations do not provide authorization for summer care early enough for families to enroll children in summer camps before camps are full.

This requirement is consistent with existing POC regulations that allow families to have 2 child care providers if child care is needed at different hours or locations or in the event the primary provider is unavailable. Existing POC regulations also allow families to interrupt their child care assistance with a break during the summer without requiring reapplications for care when school resumes in September.

In addition, this Act requires that parent copayments be based on whether the child receives assistance for a full or half day of child care and codi