A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance payments to child care providers for days a child receiving foster care is absent from scheduled child care.

House

File

2008

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2008

BY

BARKER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

state

child

care

assistance

payments

to

1

child

care

providers

for

days

a

child

receiving

foster

care

2

is

absent

from

scheduled

child

care.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HEALTH

AND

HUMAN

SERVICES

——

STATE

1

CHILD

CARE

ASSISTANCE

REIMBURSEMENTS

FOR

CHILDREN

RECEIVING

2

CHILD

FOSTER

CARE.

3

1.

For

purposes

of

this

section:

4

a.

“Child

care

facility”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

5

section

237A.1.

6

b.

“Child

care

provider”

means

a

person

that

provides

7

child

care

as

that

term

is

defined

in

section

237A.1,

and

that

8

is

eligible

to

receive

payments

from

the

state

child

care

9

assistance

program

established

in

section

237A.13.

10

c.

“Foster

child”

means

a

child

receiving

child

foster

care

11

as

that

term

is

defined

in

section

237.1.

12

2.

The

department

of

health

and

human

services

shall

amend

13

the

department’s

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

to

provide

14

payment

to

a

child

care

provider

for

a

foster

child

not

in

15

attendance

at

the

child

care

facility

operated

by

the

child

16

care

provider

in

an

amount

not

to

exceed

sixteen

half

days

17

per

consecutive

twelve-month

period,

provided

that

the

foster

18

child

is

regularly

scheduled

to

receive

child

care

during

19

those

sixteen

half

days,

and

the

child

care

provider

also

20

charges

individuals

not

participating

in

the

state

child

care

21

assistance

program

for

days

an

individual’s

child

is

absent.

22

EXPLANATION

23

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

24

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

25

The

state

child

care

assistance

(CCA)

program

assists

26

lower-income

families

who

meet

certain

requirements

by

27

reimbursing

child

care

providers

(providers)

for

child

care

28

provided

to

the

children

of

the

lower-income

families.

29

This

bill

defines

“child

care

facility”

as

a

child

care

30

center,

a

preschool,

or

a

registered

child

development

home.

31

The

bill

defines

“child

care

provider”

as

a

person

32

that

provides

child

care

and

that

is

eligible

to

receive

33

reimbursements

from

the

CCA

program.

34

The

bill

defines

“foster

child”

as

a

child

receiving

child

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foster

care.

1

The

bill

requires

the

department

of

health

and

human

2

services

to

amend

its

rules

to

provide

payment

to

a

provider

3

for

a

foster

child

not

in

attendance

at

the

child

care

facility

4

operated

by

the

provider

in

an

amount

not

to

exceed

16

half

5

days

per

consecutive

12-month

period,

provided

that

the

foster

6

child

is

regularly

scheduled

to

receive

child

care

during

those

7

half

days,

and

the

child

care

provider

also

charges

individuals

8

not

participating

in

the

CCA

program

for

days

an

individual’s

9

child

is

absent.

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