Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers.

A5107

ASSEMBLY, No.
5107

STATE OF
NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 18, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DHS to conduct
review of reimbursement rates paid by the State�s child care assistance program
to certain child care providers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the State child care assistance program.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� No later than 90 days
after the effective date of this act, the Department of Human Services shall
conduct a review of the reimbursement rates paid by the State�s child care
assistance program to child care providers participating in the program to
ensure that the reimbursement rates adequately compensate child care providers
offering services during non-traditional hours, including, but not limited to,
early morning and late evening hours.

���� b.� If, based on the review,
the department determines that the reimbursement rates are not adequate to
compensate child providers offering services during non-traditional hours, the
department shall seek out and apply for all sources of federal funding as may
be necessary to allow the State�s child care assistance program to compensate
such providers, including, but limited to, applying
for such State plan amendments or waivers as may necessary
to secure federal financial participation for State expenditures under the
Child Care and Development Block Grant
.

���� c.� The Department of Human
Services shall prepare a written report of the review conducted pursuant to
subsection a. of this section, post a copy of the report on its Internet
website, and, upon request, provide a copy of the report to child care providers
participating in the State�s child care assistance program.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately and shall expire upon the issuance of the report of the review
conducted pursuant to section 1 of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Department of Human Services (DHS) to conduct a review of the reimbursement
rates paid by the State�s child care assistance program to child care providers
participating in the program to ensure that the reimbursement rates adequately
compensate child care providers offering services during non-traditional hours,
including, but not limited to, early morning and late evening hours.

���� If, based on the review, the
DHS determines that the reimbursement rates are not adequate to compensate
child providers offering services during non-traditional hours, the DHS is to
seek out and apply for all sources of federal funding necessary to allow the
State�s child care assistance program to compensate such providers, including,
but limited to, applying
for such
State plan amendments or waivers as may necessary to secure federal financial
participation for State expenditures under the Child Care and Development Block
Grant.

���� The bill also stipulates the
DHS to:� 1) prepare a written report of the review conducted pursuant to the
bill; 2) post a copy of the report on its Internet website, and 3) upon
request, provide a copy of the report to child care providers participating in
the State�s child care assistance program.

���� The bill is to expire upon
issuance of the written report of review conducted pursuant to its provisions.

���� Currently, reimbursement rates
paid by the child care assistance program to child care providers participating
in the program compensate such providers for approximately seven hours of
operation.

���� However child care providers
offering services during non-traditional hours, including, but not limited to,
early morning and late evening hours, to accommodate working parents, face
additional expenses because they do not receive reimbursement to operate
extended hours.

���� It is the sponsor�s intent to
allow the State to pursue additional funding if the review required under this
bill reveals that the reimbursement rates paid by the child care assistance
program do not adequately compensate child care providers offering services
during non-traditional hours.