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18 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A CHILD CARE SERVICES LOAN PROGRAM. |
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19 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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20 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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22 | 23 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) The Connecticut Health 1 |
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23 | 24 | | and Educational Facilities Authority shall establish a program to finance 2 |
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24 | 25 | | low interest loans for child care services. A loan provided under the 3 |
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25 | 26 | | program shall be made (1) for the purpose of providing financial 4 |
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26 | 27 | | assistance for child care services, (2) in an amount not exceeding five 5 |
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27 | 28 | | thousand dollars, provided no borrower under the program may 6 |
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28 | 29 | | borrow an aggregate amount in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, 7 |
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29 | 30 | | and (3) in accordance with the authority's underwriting policy and 8 |
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30 | 31 | | standards. The repayment options that the authority offers to borrowers 9 |
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31 | 32 | | shall include income-based repayment options. 10 |
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32 | 33 | | (b) A person applying for a loan under this section shall submit an 11 |
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33 | 34 | | application in the form and manner prescribed by the authority. The 12 |
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34 | 35 | | application shall contain such information as the authority deems 13 |
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