HF 707: Relating to state child care assistance eligibility requirements and child care provider reimbursement rates

What it does

This bill relates to state child care assistance (CCA) eligibility requirements and child care provider reimbursement rates. The bill defines “child needing special needs care” or “special needs child” as a child that has been diagnosed by a physician or by a person endorsed for service as a school psychologist by the department of education to have a developmental disability which substantially limits one or more major life activities, and requires professional treatment, assistance in self-care, or the purchase of special adaptive equipment; a child determined by a qualified intellectual disability professional to have a condition which impairs the child’s intellectual and social functioning; a child diagnosed by a mental health professional to have a behavioral or emotional disorder characterized by situationally inappropriate behavior which deviates substantially from behavior appropriate to the child’s age, or which significantly interferes with the child’s intellectual, social, or personal development; or a child with a combination of any of the foregoing conditions.

Senate subcommittee · named April 19, 2023

• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
• Sen. Jeff Edler (R)

Lobbying · 8 for, 0 against

For: Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates; Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Chamber Alliance; Iowa Community Action Association; Iowa Credit Union League; Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce; United Way of Central Iowa; United Ways of Iowa

In plain words

1. April 10, 2023Filed in the House
2. April 13, 2023Passed the House, 99–0
3. April 18, 2023Sent to the Senate Appropriations committee
4. April 19, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Costello, Celsi and Edler
5. April 26, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
6. April 26, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
7. May 2, 2023Passed the Senate, 48–0
8. May 3, 2023Passed the House, 92–1
9. May 9, 2023Sent to the Governor
10. May 18, 2023Signed into law