House File 2658 - Enrolled
House File 2658
AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT
RATES AND ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CHILDREN OF CERTAIN CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ——
2 REIMBURSEMENT RATES AND ELIGIBILITY —— STATE CHILD CARE
3 ASSISTANCE.
4 1. The department of health and human services shall amend
5 its administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to set the
6 half-day reimbursement rates paid to child care providers
7 reimbursed under the state child care assistance program to
8 at least the sixty-fifth percentile, but no more than the
9 eightieth percentile, of the 2023 market rate survey conducted
10 by the department to analyze and evaluate the market rate of
11 child care services throughout the state.
12 2. a. The department of health and human services shall
13 extend the child care workforce one-year pilot program for
14 the state child care assistance program, implemented by the
15 department of health and human services beginning July 5, 2023,
16 until June 30, 2025.
17 b. The department of health and human services shall publish
18 data relating to children and families who receive state child
19 care assistance under paragraph “a” through utilization of
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20 modernized, interactive displays found on the department’s
21 internet site.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2658, Ninetieth General Assembly.
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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor