Bill Text: IA HSB729 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance program reimbursement rates and eligibility for the children of certain child care providers.(See HF 2658.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-18 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2658. [HSB729 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB729-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
729
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MOHR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
child
care
assistance
program
1
reimbursement
rates
and
eligibility
for
the
children
of
2
certain
child
care
providers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
1
REIMBURSEMENT
RATES
AND
ELIGIBILITY
——
STATE
CHILD
CARE
2
ASSISTANCE.
3
1.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
amend
4
its
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
set
the
5
half-day
reimbursement
rates
paid
to
child
care
providers
6
reimbursed
under
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
to
7
at
least
the
sixty-fifth
percentile,
but
no
more
than
the
8
eightieth
percentile,
of
the
2024
market
rate
survey
conducted
9
by
the
department
to
analyze
and
evaluate
the
market
rate
of
10
child
care
services
throughout
the
state.
11
2.
a.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
12
extend
the
child
care
workforce
one-year
pilot
program
for
13
the
state
child
care
assistance
program,
implemented
by
the
14
department
of
health
and
human
services
beginning
July
5,
2023,
15
until
July
4,
2025.
16
b.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
publish
17
data
relating
to
children
and
families
who
receive
state
child
18
care
assistance
under
paragraph
“a”
through
utilization
of
19
modernized,
interactive
displays
found
on
the
department’s
20
internet
site.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
state
child
care
assistance
program
25
(CCA)
reimbursement
rates
and
eligibility
for
the
children
of
26
certain
child
care
providers.
27
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
28
services
(HHS)
to
set
half-day
reimbursement
rates
for
child
29
care
providers
participating
in
the
CCA
program
to
at
least
30
the
65th
percentile,
but
not
more
than
the
80th
percentile,
of
31
the
2024
market
rate
survey
conducted
by
HHS
to
analyze
and
32
evaluate
the
market
rate
of
child
care
services
throughout
the
33
state.
34
On
July
5,
2023,
HHS
initiated
a
one-year
pilot
program
that
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allows
children
of
certain
full-time
child
care
providers
to
1
qualify
for
CCA.
The
bill
directs
HHS
to
extend
the
pilot
2
program
until
July
4,
2025,
and
requires
HHS
to
publish
data
3
relating
to
children
and
families
who
receive
CCA
through
the
4
pilot
program
through
utilization
of
modernized,
interactive
5
displays
found
on
the
department’s
internet
site.
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