Delaware Senate Bill 59

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-6)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-08 - Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill directs the Department to pay a statewide rate to all child care providers that is aligned with the New Castle County rate through existing program funds. This service provides support for families with children birth to 12 years of age with access to child care to enable the caretaker to hold a job, obtain training or meet the special needs of the parent or child. The bill would pay licensed child care providers statewide at the reimbursement rate of New Castle County as determined by the 2021 Delaware Local Child Care Market Rate Survey.

An Act To Establish A Statewide Rate Of Purchase Of Care For Child Care Providers.

Sen. Kyle Gay [D]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]
Rep. Sherae'a Moore [D]	Sen. Gerald Hocker [R]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Elizabeth Lockman [D]
Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]
Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha [D]
Rep. Richard Collins [R]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Kerri Harris [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]	Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-08		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2023-03-08		Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2023-03-01		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=130034
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=130034&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB59