Relating to the family income eligibility requirement for state child care assistance

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 14, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to income eligibility requirements for eligible families for state child care assistance. The state child care assistance program is administered by the department of human services (DHS). The bill directs DHS to amend its administrative rules to provide income eligibility for state child care assistance, according to family size for children needing basic care, to families whose nonexempt gross monthly income does not exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty level, effective January 1, 2020. The bill also directs DHS to increase this income eligibility requirement by 5 percent every six months thereafer, increasing the family income eligibility requirement to not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level by January 1, 2025.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 14, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Jeff Edler R
• Sen. Pam Jochum D
• Sen. Craig Johnson REmail

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