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Senate
File
353
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
353
BY
PETERSEN
,
WINCKLER
,
DONAHUE
,
STAED
,
BLAKE
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
BENNETT
,
DOTZLER
,
ZIMMER
,
TOWNSEND
,
and
CELSI
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
child
care
assistance
income
1
eligibility
requirements,
and
child
care
provider
2
reimbursement
rates.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
(a)
One
On
or
before
June
30,
2025,
one
hundred
3
sixty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
4
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care.
5
(b)
Beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
June
30,
2026,
one
6
hundred
seventy
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
7
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care.
8
(c)
Beginning
July
1,
2026,
and
ending
June
30,
2027,
one
9
hundred
eighty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
10
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care.
11
(d)
Beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
ending
June
30,
2028,
one
12
hundred
ninety
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
13
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care.
14
(e)
On
or
after
July
1,
2028,
two
hundred
percent
of
15
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
16
children
needing
basic
care.
17
(2)
(a)
Two
On
or
before
June
30,
2025,
two
hundred
percent
18
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
19
children
needing
special
needs
care.
20
(b)
Beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
June
30,
2026,
two
21
hundred
ten
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
22
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
23
(c)
Beginning
July
1,
2026,
and
ending
June
30,
2027,
two
24
hundred
twenty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
25
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
26
(d)
Beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
ending
June
30,
2028,
two
27
hundred
thirty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
28
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
29
(e)
Beginning
July
1,
2028,
and
ending
June
30,
2029,
two
30
hundred
forty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
31
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
32
Sec.
2.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
amended
33
to
read
as
follows:
34
4.
a.
The
department
shall
set
reimbursement
rates
as
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authorized
by
appropriations
enacted
for
payment
of
the
1
reimbursements.
The
department
shall
conduct
a
statewide
2
reimbursement
rate
survey
to
compile
information
on
each
3
county
,
and
the
survey
shall
be
conducted
at
least
every
two
4
years.
The
department
shall
set
rates
in
a
manner
so
as
to
5
provide
incentives
for
an
unregistered
provider
to
become
6
registered.
7
b.
The
department
shall
not
modify
set
reimbursement
rates
8
to
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
or
financial
9
eligibility
requirements
for
a
family
participating
in
the
10
state
child
care
assistance
program
without
prior
enabling
11
legislation
in
this
state
passed
on
or
after
January
1,
2023
at
12
rates
no
less
than
the
sixty-fifth
percentile,
but
no
more
than
13
the
eightieth
percentile,
of
the
rates
child
care
providers
14
charge
private
pay
customers
as
reported
in
the
most
recently
15
completed
statewide
reimbursement
rate
survey
.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
the
state
child
care
assistance
(CCA)
20
program
income
eligibility
requirements
and
child
care
provider
21
(provider)
reimbursement
rates.
22
Under
current
law,
for
a
child
to
be
eligible
for
entry
into
23
the
CCA
program,
the
child’s
family
must
have
income
below
160
24
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
(FPL)
applicable
to
a
25
family’s
size
for
a
child
needing
basic
care,
or
200
percent
26
of
the
FPL
for
a
child
needing
special
needs
care.
The
bill
27
increases
the
CCA
program
income
eligibility
limit
for
children
28
needing
basic
care
to
170
percent
of
the
FPL
for
FY
2025-2026;
29
180
percent
of
the
FPL
for
FY
2026-2027;
190
percent
of
the
FPL
30
for
FY
2027-2028;
and
200
percent
of
the
FPL
on
or
after
July
1,
31
2028.
The
bill
increases
the
CCA
program
income
eligibility
32
limit
for
children
needing
special
needs
care
to
210
percent
33
of
the
FPL
for
FY
2025-2026;
220
percent
of
the
FPL
for
FY
34
2026-2027;
230
percent
of
the
FPL
for
FY
2027-2028;
and
240
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percent
of
the
FPL
on
or
after
July
1,
2028.
1
The
reimbursement
rates
paid
to
providers
under
the
CCA
2
program
are
based
on
statewide
reimbursement
rate
surveys
that
3
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
(HHS)
conducts
at
4
least
every
two
years
to
collect
data
on
providers’
private
pay
5
rates.
Under
current
law,
CCA
reimbursement
rates
must
be
set
6
at
rates
no
less
than
the
65th
percentile,
but
no
more
than
the
7
80th
percentile,
of
rates
child
care
providers
charge
private
8
pay
customers
as
reported
in
the
2020
statewide
reimbursement
9
rate
survey.
The
bill
requires
HHS
to
base
CCA
reimbursement
10
rates
on
the
most
recently
completed
statewide
reimbursement
11
rate
survey.
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