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Relating to the family income eligibility requirement for state child care assistance
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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
AI summary The Department of Human Services would change the rules for who can get state child care assistance. Families could qualify for help if their monthly income stays below certain levels that increase each year through 2025. Additionally, families in the child care assistance plus exit program can keep their benefits until their income reaches 250 percent of the federal poverty level.1
Read the official explanation
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 July 1, 2020; 160 percent of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2021; 170 percent of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2022; 180 percent of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2023; 190 percent of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2024; and 200 percent of the federal poverty level, effective July 1, 2025. The bill also directs DHS to amend its administrative rules to provide that eligibility for the child care assistance plus exit program shall continue until a family’s nonexempt gross monthly income exceeds 250 percent of the federal poverty level.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 6, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Lobbying
9 for · 0 against · 10 undecided · Who →
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