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House
File
411
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
411
BY
EHLERT
,
AMOS
JR.
,
BAETH
,
GOSA
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
WILSON
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
CROKEN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
JAMES
,
B.
MEYER
,
MATSON
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
KURTH
,
SRINIVAS
,
OLSON
,
SCHOLTEN
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
and
WILBURN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
child
care
assistance
program
1
copayments
for
unhoused
persons.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16.
“Unhoused”
means
lacking
a
fixed,
3
regular,
and
adequate
nighttime
residence.
“Unhoused”
includes
4
but
is
not
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
5
a.
A
person
living
in
the
housing
of
other
persons
due
to
6
the
person’s
loss
of
housing,
economic
hardship,
or
similar
7
reason.
8
b.
A
person
living
in
a
motel,
hotel,
or
campground
due
to
9
the
lack
of
a
fixed,
regular,
and
adequate
nighttime
residence.
10
c.
A
person
living
in
an
emergency
or
transitional
shelter.
11
d.
A
person
abandoned
in
a
hospital.
12
e.
A
person
living
in
a
place
not
designed
for,
or
13
ordinarily
used
as,
a
regular
sleeping
accommodation
for
human
14
beings.
15
f.
A
person
living
in
a
car,
park,
public
space,
abandoned
16
building,
substandard
housing,
bus
or
train
station,
or
similar
17
setting.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
237A.13,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
19
following
new
subsection:
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
A
family
the
department
has
determined
21
is
unhoused
shall
not
be
required
to
make
a
copayment
or
22
similar
payment
to
the
state
as
a
condition
of
participation
in
23
the
state
child
care
assistance
program.
The
exemption
created
24
by
this
subsection
shall
continue
for
a
family
until
six
months
25
from
the
date
the
department
has
determined
the
family
is
no
26
longer
unhoused.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
state
child
care
assistance
(CCA)
31
program
copayments
for
unhoused
persons.
32
The
bill
defines
“unhoused”
as
lacking
a
fixed,
regular,
and
33
adequate
nighttime
residence,
and
lists
several
circumstances
34
in
which
a
person
is
considered
unhoused.
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To
be
eligible
for
the
CCA
program,
a
participating
family
is
1
required
to
make
copayments
based
on
the
number
of
the
family’s
2
children
in
a
child
care
provider’s
care
and
the
family’s
gross
3
monthly
income.
The
bill
exempts
a
family
the
department
of
4
health
and
human
services
(HHS)
has
determined
is
unhoused
5
from
making
a
CCA
copayment,
or
similar
payment
to
the
state,
6
as
a
condition
of
CCA
program
participation.
The
exemption
7
continues
until
six
months
from
the
date
HHS
determines
the
8
family
is
no
longer
unhoused.
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