Bill Text: IA SF74 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements and waiting list priority under the state child care assistance program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-17 - Subcommittee, Bolkcom, Dotzler, and Garrett. S.J. 312. [SF74 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF74-Introduced.html
Senate File 74 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY QUIRMBACH A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to eligibility requirements and waiting list 2 priority under the state child care assistance program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1085XS (2) 86 rh/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 237A.13, subsection 7, paragraphs c and 1 2 d, Code 2015, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 c.Families with an income of more than one hundred percent 1 4 but not more than one hundred forty=five percent of the federal 1 5 poverty level whose members, for at least twenty=eight hours 1 6 per week in the aggregate, are employed or are participating 1 7 at a satisfactory level in an approved training program or 1 8 educational program.1 9d.Families with an income at or below two hundred percent 1 10 of the federal poverty level whose members are employed at 1 11 least twenty=eight hours per week with a special needs child as 1 12 a member of the family. 1 13 d. Families with an income of more than one hundred 1 14 percent but not more than two hundred percent of the federal 1 15 poverty level whose members, for at least twenty=eight hours 1 16 per week in the aggregate, are employed or are participating 1 17 at a satisfactory level in an approved training program or 1 18 educational program. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 22 This bill amends Code section 237A.13 relating to 1 23 eligibility and waiting list priorities and guidelines under 1 24 the state child care assistance program. 1 25 Under current law, families with an income of more than 100 1 26 percent but not more than 145 percent of the federal poverty 1 27 level who are, for at least 28 hours per week in the aggregate, 1 28 employed or are participating at a satisfactory level in an 1 29 approved training program or educational program receive wait 1 30 list priority over families with an income level at or below 1 31 200 percent of the federal poverty level whose members are 1 32 employed at least 28 hours per week with a special needs child. 1 33 The bill gives eligible families with a special needs child 1 34 wait list priority over eligible families who are employed or 1 35 participating in an approved training or educational program, 2 1 but amends this provision to increase the income eligibility 2 2 requirement cap to not more than 200 percent of the federal 2 3 poverty level. LSB 1085XS (2) 86 rh/nh
