House File 410 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 410 BY EHLERT , AMOS JR. , BAETH , GOSA , R. JOHNSON , WILSON , WICHTENDAHL , CROKEN , BAGNIEWSKI , KRESSIG , B. MEYER , LEVIN , JAMES , MATSON , BROWN-POWERS , KURTH , SRINIVAS , OLSON , SCHOLTEN , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , and WILBURN A BILL FOR An Act relating to state child care assistance program 1 reimbursements to certain child care providers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1945YH (5) 91 dg/ko
H.F. 410 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 1 UNHOUSED CHILD CARE REIMBURSEMENT RATES. The department of 2 health and human services shall amend the departments rules 3 to set the reimbursement rate under the state child care 4 assistance program for providing child care to an unhoused 5 child equal to the reimbursement rate for providing child 6 care to a child needing special-needs care. For purposes of 7 this section, unhoused means lacking a fixed, regular, and 8 adequate nighttime residence including but not limited to all 9 of the following: 10 1. A person living in the housing of other persons due to 11 the persons loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar 12 reason. 13 2. A person living in a motel, hotel, or campground due to 14 the lack of a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. 15 3. A person living in an emergency or transitional shelter. 16 4. A person abandoned in a hospital. 17 5. A person living in a place not designed for, or 18 ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human 19 beings. 20 6. A person living in a car, park, public space, abandoned 21 building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or similar 22 setting. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill relates to state child care assistance program 27 (CCA) reimbursements to certain child care providers. 28 The bill directs HHS to set the CCA reimbursement rates 29 for providing child care to an unhoused child equal to the CCA 30 reimbursement rate for providing child care to a child needing 31 special-needs care. The bill defines unhoused as lacking a 32 fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The bill 33 lists circumstances in which a person qualifies as unhoused. 34 -1- LSB 1945YH (5) 91 dg/ko 1/ 1