Bill Text: IA HF2203 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a graduated eligibility phase-out program for state child care assistance. (See HF 2424.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-09 - Withdrawn. H.J. 532. [HF2203 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2203-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2203
BY
A.
MEYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
program
1
for
state
child
care
assistance.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
237A.14
Child
care
assistance
——
1
graduated
eligibility
phase-out.
2
1.
At
the
time
of
a
twelve-month
eligibility
3
redetermination
for
a
family
receiving
state
child
care
4
assistance,
the
family
shall
remain
eligible
to
receive
5
child
care
assistance,
subject
to
the
graduated
eligibility
6
phase-out
program
as
specified
in
subsection
2,
if
either
of
7
the
following
conditions
are
met:
8
a.
The
family’s
nonexempt
gross
monthly
income
is
determined
9
to
be
at
least
one
hundred
eighty-five
percent
but
less
than
10
two
hundred
twenty-five
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
11
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care.
12
b.
The
family’s
nonexempt
gross
monthly
income
is
determined
13
to
be
at
least
two
hundred
percent
but
less
than
two
hundred
14
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
15
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
16
2.
a.
A
family
with
an
income
at
two
hundred
twenty-five
17
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
18
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care
or
at
two
hundred
19
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
20
family
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care
shall
21
be
responsible
for
payment
of
fifty
percent
of
the
cost
of
22
all
children
in
the
family
participating
in
the
child
care
23
assistance
program.
24
b.
A
family
with
an
income
of
at
least
one
hundred
25
eighty-five
percent
but
less
than
two
hundred
twenty-five
26
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
27
size
for
children
needing
basic
care
or
at
least
two
hundred
28
percent
but
less
than
two
hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
29
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
30
needing
special
needs
care
shall
contribute
to
the
costs
of
31
child
care
in
accordance
with
a
sliding
fee
schedule
to
be
32
established
by
the
department.
33
3.
Child
care
provider
reimbursement
rates
under
the
34
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
program
shall
be
the
same
rates
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as
the
child
care
provider
reimbursement
rates
in
effect
on
1
July
1,
2020.
2
4.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
3
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
in
accordance
with
this
section.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
establishes
a
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
8
program
for
state
child
care
assistance.
9
The
bill
provides
that
at
the
time
of
a
12-month
eligibility
10
redetermination
for
a
family
receiving
state
child
care
11
assistance,
the
family
shall
remain
eligible
for
child
care
12
assistance,
subject
to
the
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
13
program,
if
either
the
family’s
nonexempt
gross
monthly
14
income
is
at
least
185
percent
but
less
than
225
percent
of
15
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
16
children
needing
basic
care
or
the
family’s
nonexempt
gross
17
monthly
income
is
at
least
200
percent
but
less
than
250
18
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
19
size
for
children
needing
special
needs
care.
20
The
bill
provides
that
a
family
with
an
income
at
225
21
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
22
size
for
children
needing
basic
care
or
at
250
percent
of
23
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
24
children
needing
special
needs
care
shall
be
responsible
for
25
payment
of
50
percent
of
the
cost
of
all
children
in
the
26
family
participating
in
the
child
care
assistance
program.
A
27
family
with
an
income
of
at
least
185
percent
but
less
than
28
225
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
applicable
to
the
29
family
size
for
children
needing
basic
care
or
at
least
200
30
percent
but
less
than
250
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
31
applicable
to
the
family
size
for
children
needing
special
32
needs
care
shall
contribute
to
the
costs
of
child
care
in
33
accordance
with
a
sliding
fee
schedule
to
be
established
by
the
34
department.
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The
bill
provides
that
child
care
provider
reimbursement
1
rates
under
the
graduated
eligibility
phase-out
program
2
shall
be
the
same
rates
as
the
child
care
assistance
provider
3
reimbursement
rates
in
effect
on
July
1,
2020.
4
The
department
of
human
services
is
directed
to
adopt
rules
5
in
accordance
with
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
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