HF2035 • 2026

A bill for an act increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assistance program.

Children

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: BARKER
Last action: 2026-01-14
Official status: Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 75 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assistance program.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assistance program.

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Bill History

2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 75 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assistance program.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2035

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2035

BY

BARKER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

increasing

the

reimbursement

rates

child

care

providers

1

receive

through

the

state

child

care

assistance

program.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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Section

1.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HEALTH

AND

HUMAN

SERVICES

——

CHILD

1

CARE

PROVIDER

REIMBURSEMENT

RATES.

The

department

of

health

2

and

human

services

shall

amend

the

department’s

rules

pursuant

3

to

chapter

17A

to

set

half-day

reimbursement

rates

for

child

4

care

providers

reimbursed

under

the

state

child

care

assistance

5

program

to

the

eighty-fifth

percentile

of

the

2024

market

rate

6

survey

conducted

by

the

department

to

analyze

and

evaluate

the

7

market

rate

of

child

care

services

throughout

the

state.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

This

bill

requires

the

department

of

health

and

human

12

services

(HHS)

to

set

half-day

reimbursement

rates

for

child

13

care

providers

participating

in

the

state

child

care

assistance

14

program

to

the

85th

percentile

of

the

2024

market

rate

survey

15

conducted

by

HHS

to

analyze

and

evaluate

the

market

rate

of

16

child

care

services

throughout

the

state.

17

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