Bill Text: IA HF338 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance payments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-02 - Introduced, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 276. [HF338 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF338-Introduced.html
House
File
338
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
338
BY
EHLERT
,
ANDERSON
,
HANSEN
,
and
STAED
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
state
child
care
assistance
payments.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
4,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
The
department’s
billing
and
payment
provisions
for
3
the
program
shall
allow
providers
to
elect
either
biweekly
or
4
monthly
billing
and
payment
for
child
care
provided
under
based
5
on
the
number
of
hours
of
child
care
scheduled
for
a
child
6
enrolled
in
the
program.
The
department
shall
remit
payment
7
to
a
provider
within
ten
business
days
of
receiving
a
bill
8
or
claim
for
services
provided
.
However,
if
the
department
9
determines
that
a
bill
has
an
error
or
omission,
the
department
10
shall
notify
the
provider
of
the
error
or
omission
and
identify
11
any
correction
needed
before
issuance
of
payment
to
the
12
provider.
The
department
shall
provide
the
notice
within
five
13
business
days
of
receiving
the
billing
from
the
provider
and
14
shall
remit
payment
to
the
provider
within
ten
business
days
of
15
receiving
the
corrected
billing.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
human
services
20
shall
pay
child
care
providers
enrolled
in
the
state’s
child
21
care
assistance
program
based
on
the
number
of
hours
of
child
22
care
scheduled
for
a
child
enrolled
in
the
program
instead
of
23
for
child
care
provided.
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