Bill Text: CA AB2286 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2286 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Child care: reimbursement rate adjustment factors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2286 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2286-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2286	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Mitchell)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 8265.5 of the Education Code, relating to
child care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2286, as introduced, Bonilla. Child care: reimbursement rate
adjustment factors.
   Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act,
establishes a system of child care and development services for
children up to 13 years of age, and requires the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to implement a plan establishing assigned
reimbursement rates, per unit of average daily enrollment, to be paid
by the state to provider agencies for the provision of those
services. Existing law also provides for an adjustment factor to be
applied to units of average daily enrollment if a provider agency
serves children who meet specified criteria.
   This bill would increase the adjustment factor for infants who are
0 to 18 months of age and are served in a child day care center and
for toddlers who are 18 to 36 months of age and are served in a child
day care center, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8265.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   8265.5.  (a) In order to reflect the additional expense of serving
children who meet any of the criteria outlined in paragraphs (1) to
(7), inclusive, of subdivision (b) the provider agency's reported
child days of enrollment for these children shall be multiplied by
the adjustment factors listed below.
   (b) The adjustment factors shall apply to those programs for which
assigned reimbursement rates are at or below the standard
reimbursement rate. In addition, the adjustment factors shall apply
to those programs for which assigned reimbursement rates are above
the standard reimbursement rate, but the reimbursement rate, as
adjusted, shall not exceed the adjusted standard reimbursement rate.
   (1) For infants who are 0 to 18 months of age and are served in a
child day care center, the adjustment factor shall be  1.7
  2.3  .
   (2) For toddlers who are 18 to 36 months of age and are served in
a child day care center, the adjustment factor shall be  1.4
  1.8  .
   (3) For infants and toddlers who are 0 to 36 months of age and are
served in a family child care home, the adjustment factor shall be
1.4.
   (4) For children with exceptional needs who are 0 to 21 years of
age, the adjustment factor shall be 1.2.
   (5) For severely disabled children who are 0 to 21 years of age,
the adjustment factor shall be 1.5.
   (6) For  a child   children  at risk of
neglect, abuse, or exploitation who are 0 to 14 years of age, the
adjustment factor shall be 1.1.
   (7) For limited-English-speaking and non-English-speaking children
who are  2   two  years of age through
kindergarten age, the adjustment factor shall be 1.1.
   (c) Use of the adjustment factors shall not increase the provider
agency's total annual allocation.
   (d) Days of enrollment for children having more than one of the
criteria outlined in paragraphs (1) to (7), inclusive, of subdivision
(b) shall not be reported under more than one of the above
categories.
   (e) The difference between the reimbursement resulting from the
use of the adjustment factors outlined in paragraphs (1) to (7),
inclusive, of subdivision (b) and the reimbursement that would
otherwise be received by a provider in the absence of the adjustment
factors shall be used for special and appropriate services for each
child for whom an adjustment factor is claimed.