Bill Text: CA AB555 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California state preschool programs: reimbursement amounts: adjustment factors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB555 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB555-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
July 12, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 01, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 30, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Juan Carrillo |
February 08, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8210 of the Education Code is amended to read:8210.
(a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for part-day programs according to the following:SEC. 2.
Section 8211 of the Education Code is amended to read:8211.
(a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for full-day programs according to the following:(a)The department, in collaboration with the State Department of Social Services, shall implement a reimbursement system plan that establishes reasonable standards and assigned reimbursement rates, which vary with the length of the program year and the hours of service.
(1)Parent fees shall be used to pay reasonable and necessary costs for providing additional services.
(2)The department may establish any regulations deemed advisable concerning conditions of service and hours of enrollment for children in the programs.
(b)(1)(A)Commencing July 1, 2021, the standard reimbursement rate shall be twelve thousand nine hundred sixty-eight dollars ($12,968).
(B)Commencing July 1, 2021, the standard reimbursement rate for part-day California state preschool programs shall be five thousand six hundred twenty-one dollars ($5,621).
(2)Commencing in the 2022–23 fiscal year, the standard reimbursement rates described in paragraph (1) shall be increased by the cost-of-living adjustment granted by the Legislature annually pursuant to Section 42238.15.
(c)(1)Commencing January 1, 2022, contractors who, as of December 31, 2021, received the standard reimbursement rate established in this section shall be reimbursed at
the greater of the following:
(A)The 75th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey.
(B)The contract per-child reimbursement amount as of December 31, 2021, as increased by the cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b).
(2)In accordance with federal requirements for Child Care Stabilization Grants appropriated pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), contractors shall provide information via a one-time application or survey in advance of receiving American Rescue Plan Act funds. The department shall specify the timeline and format in which this information shall be submitted, and the information shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A)Address, including ZIP Code.
(B)Race and ethnicity.
(C)Gender.
(D)Whether the provider is open and available to provide childcare services or closed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
(E)What types of federal relief funds have been received from the state.
(F)Use of federal relief funds received.
(G)Documentation that the provider met certifications as required by federal law.
(3)Rate increases shall be subject to federal usage limitations and federal and state program eligibility requirements.
(d)For a contract whose period of performance begins on and after July 1, 2023, the contract reimbursement shall be based on the lesser of the following:
(1)The maximum reimbursable amount stated in the contract.
(2)Net reimbursable program costs.
(3)The product of the adjusted child days of enrollment for certified children times the contract rate set forth in this section.