Bill Text: IA HF2043 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to emergency child care assistance for individuals whose children are unable to participate in regulated child care in specific circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-16 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 91. [HF2043 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2043-Introduced.html
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HOUSE
FILE
2043
BY
JONES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
emergency
child
care
assistance
for
1
individuals
whose
children
are
unable
to
participate
in
2
regulated
child
care
in
specific
circumstances.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
1
EMERGENCY
CHILD
CARE
ASSISTANCE.
2
1.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
3
establish
a
process
and
criteria
by
which
an
individual
who
4
does
not
qualify
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
5
established
in
section
237A.13
may
be
reimbursed
by
the
6
department
for
the
number
of
hours
of
paid
employment
the
7
individual
missed
to
provide
care
to
the
individual’s
child
who
8
had
a
temporary
health
condition
that
prevented
the
child
from
9
attending
the
child
care
facility
or
child
care
home
the
child
10
normally
attends.
11
2.
An
individual
shall
only
be
eligible
for
reimbursement
if
12
the
child
care
facility
or
child
care
home
the
child
normally
13
attends
is
licensed
or
registered
with
the
department
pursuant
14
to
chapter
237A.
15
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“child”,
“child
care
16
facility”,
and
“child
care
home”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
17
chapter
237A.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
22
services
(HHS)
to
establish
a
process
and
criteria
by
which
23
an
individual
who
does
not
qualify
for
the
state
child
care
24
assistance
program
may
be
reimbursed
by
HHS
for
the
number
of
25
hours
of
paid
employment
the
individual
missed
to
provide
care
26
to
the
individual’s
child
who
had
a
temporary
health
condition
27
that
prevented
the
child
from
attending
the
child
care
facility
28
(facility)
or
child
care
home
(home)
that
the
child
normally
29
attends.
30
The
bill
requires
the
facility
or
home
a
child
normally
31
attends
to
be
licensed
or
registered
with
HHS
pursuant
to
32
Code
chapter
237A
(child
care
facilities)
in
order
for
the
33
individual
to
be
eligible
for
reimbursement.
34
The
terms
“child”,
“child
care
facility”,
and
“child
care
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