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BAGNIEWSKI
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
child
care
assistance
for
children
of
1
certain
child
care
personnel.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
8,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Persons
deemed
to
be
eligible
for
3
benefits
under
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
in
4
accordance
with
section
237A.13A.
5
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
237A.13A
State
child
care
assistance
6
——
child
care
personnel.
7
1.
Notwithstanding
section
237A.13,
subsections
1
and
2,
8
a
child
shall
be
eligible
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
9
program
under
section
237A.13
if
a
parent,
guardian,
or
10
custodian
meets
the
following
requirements:
11
a.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
employed
at
12
a
child
care
facility,
a
child
care
home
registered
with
13
the
department,
or
an
unregistered
child
care
home
with
an
14
agreement
with
the
department
to
accept
reimbursements
from
the
15
state
child
care
assistance
program.
16
b.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
works
an
average
17
minimum
of
thirty-two
hours
per
week
during
the
month
in
18
a
position
with
a
primary
duty
of
providing
child
care
19
directly
to
children,
and
is
regularly
counted
in
the
minimum
20
child-to-staff
ratio
established
by
the
department
by
rule.
21
c.
If
the
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
employed
at
22
a
child
care
home
or
a
child
development
home,
the
parent,
23
guardian,
or
custodian
does
not
provide
child
care
to
the
24
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian’s
own
child.
A
co-provider
25
at
a
child
development
home
may
qualify
for
state
child
care
26
assistance
if
such
person
meets
all
requirements
set
by
this
27
section
and
by
the
department
by
rule.
28
d.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
not
a
substitute
or
29
an
assistant
at
a
child
development
home.
30
e.
Based
on
the
department’s
evaluation
of
the
parent,
31
guardian,
or
custodian’s
application
for
state
child
care
32
assistance,
the
department
has
determined
the
parent,
guardian,
33
or
custodian
has
a
need
for
child
care.
34
2.
A
director,
co-director,
or
other
administrative
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staff
member
of
a
child
care
facility
may
qualify
for
state
1
child
care
assistance
pursuant
to
subsection
1
if
such
person
2
is
regularly
counted
in
the
minimum
child-to-staff
ratio
3
established
by
the
department
by
rule.
4
3.
A
person
participating
in
the
state
child
care
assistance
5
program
pursuant
to
eligibility
established
under
this
section
6
shall
make
copayments
based
on
the
person’s
household
income
7
for
services
received
from
the
program.
8
4.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
9
to
implement
and
administer
this
section.
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
relates
to
state
child
care
assistance
(CCA)
for
14
children
of
child
care
employees.
15
The
bill
makes
a
child
eligible
for
CCA
if
the
child
is
in
a
16
family
with
a
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
who
is
employed
17
at
a
child
care
facility,
a
child
care
home
registered
with
18
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS),
or
an
19
unregistered
child
care
home
with
an
agreement
with
HHS
to
20
accept
CCA
reimbursements;
works
an
average
minimum
of
32
hours
21
per
week
during
the
month
in
a
position
with
a
primary
duty
of
22
providing
child
care
directly
to
children,
and
is
regularly
23
counted
in
the
minimum
child-to-staff
ratio
established
by
HHS
24
by
rule;
does
not
provide
child
care
to
the
parent,
guardian,
25
or
custodian’s
own
child
if
the
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
26
is
employed
at
a
child
care
home
or
a
child
development
home,
27
though
a
co-provider
at
a
child
development
home
may
qualify
28
for
CCA
if
the
co-provider
meets
all
requirements
set
in
Code
29
and
by
rule;
is
not
a
substitute
or
an
assistant
at
a
child
30
development
home;
and
has
a
need
for
child
care
based
on
HHS’s
31
assessment.
32
The
bill
provides
that
a
director,
co-director,
or
other
33
administrative
staff
of
a
child
care
facility
may
qualify
34
for
CCA
as
a
child
care
employee
if
such
person
is
regularly
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counted
in
the
minimum
child-to-staff
ratio
established
by
HHS
1
by
rule.
2
The
bill
requires
a
person
who
participates
in
CCA
under
the
3
bill
to
make
copayments
for
services
received
from
the
program.
4
The
bill
directs
HHS
to
adopt
rules
to
implement
and
5
administer
the
bill.
6
The
bill
prohibits
HHS
from
applying
waiting
list
7
requirements
for
CCA
on
persons
deemed
eligible
for
CCA
under
8
the
bill.
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