FILED SENATE
May 2, 2024
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 829
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
S D
SENATE BILL DRS35347-LUa-159D
Short Title: Bright Beginnings Child Care Access/Supp. Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Smith and Batch (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REDUCE PARENT COPAYMENTS FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE.
3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
4 SECTION 1.(a) Section 9D.3(b) of S.L. 2023-134 reads as rewritten:
5 "SECTION 9D.3.(b) Fees for families who are required to share in the cost of care are
6 established based on ten percent (10%) five percent (5%) of gross family income. When care is
7 received at the blended rate, the copayment shall be eighty-three percent (83%) of the full-time
8 copayment. Copayments for part-time care shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the full-time
9 copayment."
10 SECTION 1.(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to allocate a portion of the
11 anticipated increase in funds to the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant to supplement
12 the funding necessary for the copayment reduction described in subsection (a) of this section.
13 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2024.
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