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SENATE
FILE
434
BY
WINCKLER
,
CELSI
,
ZIMMER
,
TOWNSEND
,
STAED
,
PETERSEN
,
QUIRMBACH
,
DOTZLER
,
DONAHUE
,
BLAKE
,
WAHLS
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
and
BISIGNANO
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
creation
of
a
child
care
solutions
fund,
1
and
making
an
appropriation.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
237A.15
Child
care
solutions
fund.
1
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
2
a.
“Child
care
worker”
means
a
person
employed
by
a
child
3
care
provider
and
whose
primary
duties
involve
the
provision
of
4
child
care
to
children
in
this
state.
5
b.
“Community”
means
a
geographic
area
designated
by
the
6
department
under
subsection
4.
7
c.
“Fund”
means
the
child
care
solutions
fund
created
under
8
subsection
2.
9
2.
A
child
care
solutions
fund
is
created
within
the
state
10
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department.
The
fund
shall
11
consist
of
all
of
the
following:
12
a.
Moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
for
the
13
purposes
of
this
section.
14
b.
Interest
attributable
to
the
investment
of
moneys
in
the
15
fund.
16
c.
Moneys
from
gifts,
devises,
donations,
and
grants
that
17
are
intended
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
of
this
section.
18
3.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
19
for
distribution
to
communities.
Distributions
shall
provide
20
a
state
match
of
two
dollars
for
every
one
dollar
of
private
21
investment
a
community
obtains
for
the
purpose
of
increasing
22
the
wages
of
child
care
workers
within
the
community.
23
4.
a.
The
department
shall
establish
eligibility
24
requirements
for
a
geographic
area
to
qualify
for
designation
25
as
a
community,
and
requirements
for
a
geographic
area
to
26
maintain
the
community
designation.
27
b.
The
department
shall
continue
to
designate
communities
28
until
the
entire
geographic
area
of
the
state
is
within
a
29
community.
30
5.
On
or
before
January
1
of
each
year,
the
department
shall
31
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
detailing
all
of
the
32
following
for
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal
year:
33
a.
The
amount
each
community
received
from
the
fund.
34
b.
The
amount
each
community
spent
from
the
moneys
the
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community
received
from
the
fund,
including
the
amount
spent
1
on
increasing
the
wages
of
child
care
workers
within
the
2
community,
and
the
amount
spent
on
administrative
costs.
3
c.
The
number
of
child
care
providers
that
each
community
4
supported
with
moneys
from
the
fund.
5
d.
The
number
of
existing
child
care
workers
retained
by
6
child
care
providers
within
each
community
as
a
result
of
7
moneys
the
community
received
from
the
fund.
8
e.
The
number
of
new
child
care
workers
hired
by
child
9
care
providers
within
each
community
as
a
result
of
moneys
the
10
community
received
from
the
fund.
11
f.
The
number
of
additional
child
care
slots
created
within
12
each
community
as
a
result
of
child
care
workers
described
13
under
paragraphs
“d”
and
“e”
.
14
g.
The
number
of
private
entities
that
contributed
private
15
investment
for
state
match
under
this
section.
16
h.
The
number
of
private
entities
that
pledged
to
contribute
17
private
investment
for
state
match
under
this
section
in
the
18
immediately
succeeding
fiscal
year.
19
6.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
20
to
administer
this
section.
21
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
CHILD
22
CARE
WAGE
ENHANCEMENT
PROJECT
CONTINUATION.
The
department
of
23
health
and
human
services
shall
use
the
moneys
in
the
child
24
care
solutions
fund
created
in
section
237A.15
to
continue
to
25
provide
state
matching
moneys
to
communities
that
received
26
funds
due
to
the
community’s
participation
in
the
department’s
27
child
care
wage
enhancement
project
during
the
fiscal
year
28
beginning
July
1,
2024,
and
ending
June
30,
2025.
29
Sec.
3.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
CHILD
30
CARE
SOLUTIONS
FUND.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
31
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
32
services
for
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
ending
33
June
30,
2026,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
34
necessary,
to
be
used
for
the
purposes
designated:
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For
deposit
in
the
child
care
solutions
fund
created
in
1
section
237A.15:
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EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
the
creation
of
a
child
care
solutions
7
fund
(fund)
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
health
and
8
human
services
(HHS).
9
The
bill
defines
“child
care
worker”
as
a
person
employed
10
by
a
child
care
provider
and
whose
primary
duties
involve
the
11
provision
of
child
care
to
children
in
this
state.
12
The
bill
defines
“community”
as
a
geographic
area
designated
13
by
HHS.
The
bill
also
defines
“fund”.
14
The
fund
consists
of
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
15
assembly
for
the
purposes
detailed
in
the
bill;
interest
16
attributable
to
the
investment
of
moneys
in
the
fund;
and
17
moneys
from
gifts,
devises,
donations,
and
grants
that
are
18
intended
to
be
used
for
the
fund’s
purposes.
Moneys
in
the
19
fund
are
appropriated
to
HHS
for
distributions
to
communities.
20
Distributions
must
be
used
to
provide
a
state
match
of
$2
for
21
every
$1
of
private
investment
a
community
obtains
to
increase
22
the
wages
of
child
care
workers.
23
The
bill
requires
HHS
to
establish
eligibility
requirements
24
for
a
geographic
area
to
be
designated
as
a
community,
and
for
25
the
geographic
area
to
maintain
the
community
designation.
26
HHS
must
continue
to
designate
communities
until
the
entire
27
geographic
area
of
the
state
is
within
a
community.
28
The
bill
requires
HHS,
on
or
before
January
1
of
each
29
year,
to
submit
a
report,
as
detailed
in
the
bill,
for
the
30
immediately
preceding
fiscal
year
to
the
general
assembly
31
relating
to
the
fund,
and
the
impact
on
communities
who
32
received
money
from
the
fund.
33
The
bill
requires
HHS
to
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
fund.
34
The
bill
requires
HHS
to
use
the
moneys
in
the
fund
to
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continue
to
provide
state
matching
moneys
to
communities
that
1
received
funds
due
to
the
community’s
participation
in
HHS’s
2
child
care
wage
enhancement
project
during
FY
2024-2025.
3
The
bill
appropriates
$6
million
to
HHS
for
FY
2025-2026
for
4
deposit
in
the
fund.
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