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House
File
345
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
345
BY
EHLERT
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
SRINIVAS
,
WILSON
,
KRESSIG
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
and
B.
MEYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
child
care
assistance
family
income
1
eligibility
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
1
STATE
CHILD
CARE
ASSISTANCE
ELIGIBILITY.
The
department
of
2
health
and
human
services
shall
amend
its
administrative
rules
3
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
income
eligibility
for
state
4
child
care
assistance,
according
to
family
size
for
children
5
needing
basic
care,
to
families
whose
nonexempt
gross
monthly
6
income
does
not
exceed
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
of
the
7
federal
poverty
level
for
a
child
needing
basic
care,
or
two
8
hundred
forty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
for
a
child
9
needing
special-needs
care.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
health
and
human
14
services
to
provide
income
eligibility
for
state
child
care
15
assistance,
according
to
family
size
for
children
needing
16
basic
care,
to
families
whose
nonexempt
gross
monthly
income
17
does
not
exceed
185
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
18
(FPL)
for
a
child
needing
basic
care,
or
240
percent
of
the
19
FPL
for
a
child
needing
special-needs
care.
Under
current
20
law,
income
eligibility
for
a
child
needing
basic
care
is
145
21
percent
of
the
FPL
and
income
eligibility
for
a
child
needing
22
special-needs
care
is
200
percent
of
the
FPL.
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