Bill Text: NC H832 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Revise Certain Policies/Child Care Subsidy
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - Re-ref Com On Appropriations [H832 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-H832-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
H 2
HOUSE BILL 832
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/27/15
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Short Title: Revise Certain Policies/Child Care Subsidy. |
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April 15, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for prorated co‑payments for part‑time subsidized child care and revise the definition of income unit in the child care subsidy policy to no longer include nonparent relative caretaker.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 12B.1 of S.L. 2014‑100 reads as rewritten:
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"SECTION 12B.3.(b) Beginning
October 1, 2014,July 1, 2015, fees for families who are required
to share in the cost of care shall be established based on ten percent (10%) of
gross family income. Co‑payments shall not be prorated for part‑time
care.be prorated at fifty percent (50%) of the full parent fee for part‑time
care equal to or less than 25 hours per week.
"SECTION 12B.3.(b1) No later than January 1,
2015,Effective July 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human
Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, shall revise its
child care subsidy policy to include in the policy's definition of "income
unit" the following:a parent, stepparent, and the stepparent's
child, if applicable.
(1) A stepparent and the stepparent's child,
if applicable.
(2) A nonparent relative caretaker, and the
caretaker's spouse and child, if applicable, when the parent of the child
receiving child care subsidy does not live in the home with the child.
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SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.
