Bill Text: IA SF455 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 455 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a child care provider reimbursement workgroup. (Formerly SSB 1136.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Subcommittee, Forristall, Anderson, and Bacon. H.J. 637. [SF455 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF455-Introduced.html

Senate File 455 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1136)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of a child care provider
  2    reimbursement workgroup.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  CHILD CARE PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT
  1  2 WORKGROUP.  The department of human services shall establish
  1  3 a child care assistance provider reimbursement workgroup of
  1  4 stakeholders to study and make recommendations relating to the
  1  5 establishment of a tiered reimbursement program that links the
  1  6 level of payment for subsidized child care to the voluntary
  1  7 child care quality rating system implemented by the department
  1  8 pursuant to section 237A.30 and that is consistent with the
  1  9 provisions of the federal Child Care and Development Block
  1 10 Grant Act of 2014.  The membership of the workgroup shall
  1 11 include child care professionals, representatives of certified
  1 12 child development homes, and representatives of certified child
  1 13 care centers, in both rural and urban areas, and may include
  1 14 additional stakeholders designated by the department.  The
  1 15 workgroup shall submit a report and make recommendations to the
  1 16 governor and the general assembly by December 1, 2015.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 20    The bill directs the department of human services to
  1 21 establish a child care assistance provider reimbursement
  1 22 workgroup of stakeholders to study and make recommendations
  1 23 relating to the establishment of a tiered reimbursement program
  1 24 that links the level of payment for subsidized child care to
  1 25 the voluntary child care quality rating system and that is
  1 26 consistent with the provisions of the federal Child Care and
  1 27 Development Block Grant Act of 2014.  The bill specifies the
  1 28 membership of the workgroup and requires the workgroup to
  1 29 submit a report and make recommendations to the governor and
  1 30 the general assembly by December 1, 2015.
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