Relating to state child care assistance program copayments for unhoused persons

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 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 General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to state child care assistance (CCA) program copayments for unhoused persons. The bill defines “unhoused” as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and lists several circumstances in which a person is considered unhoused. To be eligible for the CCA program, a participating family is required to make copayments based on the number of the family’s children in a child care provider’s care and the family’s gross monthly income. The bill exempts a family the department of health and human services (HHS) has determined is unhoused from making a CCA copayment, or similar payment to the state, as a condition of CCA program participation. The exemption continues until six months from the date HHS determines the family is no longer unhoused.

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

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§237A.1§237A.13

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