Bill Text: IA SF122 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of children of a minor parent for the state child care assistance program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - Subcommittee: Klimesh, Costello, and Petersen. S.J. 169. [SF122 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF122-Introduced.html
Senate
File
122
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
122
BY
PETERSEN
,
BISIGNANO
,
BLAKE
,
WINCKLER
,
STAED
,
CELSI
,
DONAHUE
,
DOTZLER
,
TOWNSEND
,
WAHLS
,
BENNETT
,
and
WEINER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
eligibility
of
children
of
a
minor
1
parent
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.F.
122
Section
1.
Section
237A.13,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
Notwithstanding
subsections
1
and
2,
3
if
at
least
one
of
a
child’s
parents
is
under
eighteen
years
of
4
age,
the
child
shall
automatically
be
eligible
for
state
child
5
care
assistance.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
8,
Code
2025,
is
amended
7
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
8
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
A
child
that
is
eligible
for
state
child
9
care
assistance
under
subsection
2A.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
the
eligibility
of
children
of
a
minor
14
parent
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
(CCA)
program.
15
The
bill
allows
the
children
of
at
least
one
minor
parent
16
to
be
automatically
eligible
for
CCA
irrespective
of
other
17
eligibility
requirements.
The
bill
prohibits
the
department
18
of
health
and
human
services
from
applying
waiting
list
19
requirements
to
the
children
for
the
purposes
of
CCA.
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