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HF 613Died when the session ended · February 18, 2021

Relating to the state child care assistance eligibility requirements, and making an appropriation

Topics:State budgetHealth careChild care

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2021
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 Iowa would increase the amount of money families can earn and still qualify for state child care assistance. This change moves the income limit from 145 percent to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The state will also provide money to cover the costs of this program update.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the state child care assistance eligibility requirements, and provides for an appropriation. The bill appropriates from the taxpayer relief fund to the department of human services for fiscal year 2021-2022 an amount sufficient to pay for the difference in raising the child care assistance program monthly income eligibility from 145 percent of the federal poverty level to 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill directs the department of human services to amend its administrative rules to raise the maximum monthly income for eligibility in the child care assistance program from 145 percent to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

Full bill text2

Lobbying

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