Relating to state child care assistance family income eligibility requirements

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2025
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 directs the department of health and human services 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 185 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a child needing basic care, or 240 percent of the FPL for a child needing special-needs care. Under current law, income eligibility for a child needing basic care is 145 percent of the FPL and income eligibility for a child needing special-needs care is 200 percent of the FPL.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HF 218 Relating to state child care assistance family income eligibility requirements
  90th General Assembly · In committee · very similar
  Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.