H.B. 876
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Apr 25, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30322-LUa-114A
Short Title: Reduce Parent Copays/Child Care Subsidy/Funds. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Lofton.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REDUCE PARENT COPAYMENTS FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE AND
3 TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Section 9C.4(b) of S.L. 2021-180 reads as rewritten:
6 "SECTION 9C.4.(b) Fees for families who are required to share in the cost of care are
7 established based on ten percent (10%) seven percent (7%) of gross family income. When care
8 is received at the blended rate, the copayment shall be eighty-three percent (83%) of the full-time
9 copayment. Copayments for part-time care shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the full-time
10 copayment."
11 SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
12 Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, the sum of
13 one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium to assist
14 with administrative costs associated with implementing Section 1 of this act.
15 SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2023.
*DRH30322-LUa-114A*