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Indiana Senate Bill SB0404

Indiana 2022 Regular Session

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1-*SB0404.1*
2-January 25, 2022
1+
2+Introduced Version
33 SENATE BILL No. 404
44 _____
5-DIGEST OF SB 404 (Updated January 24, 2022 10:48 am - DI 119)
6-Citations Affected: Noncode.
7-Synopsis: Child care availability and affordability. Urges the
8-legislative council to assign to an appropriate interim study committee
9-the topic of availability and affordability of child care in Indiana.
10-Requires the interim study committee to which the topic is assigned to:
11-(1) consider means by which the availability and affordability of child
12-care services in Indiana can be increased; and (2) not later than
13-November 1, 2022, submit to the general assembly a strategic plan for
14-increasing the availability and affordability of child care services in
15-Indiana.
5+DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6+Citations Affected: IC 2-5-36-9.3.
7+Synopsis: Child care deserts. Requires the commission on improving
8+the status of children in Indiana (commission) to develop and submit
9+to the general assembly a strategic plan to use funds received by the
10+family and social services administration under the American Rescue
11+Plan Act of 2021 to reduce and eliminate the incidence of geographic
12+areas in which child care services are insufficiently available or
13+affordable to meet the child care needs of the areas' residents. Specifies
14+issues the commission must consider in developing the plan.
1615 Effective: July 1, 2022.
17-Qaddoura, Ford Jon
16+Qaddoura
1817 January 12, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children
1918 Services.
20-January 24, 2022, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
21-SB 404—LS 6902/DI 119 January 25, 2022
19+2022 IN 404—LS 6902/DI 119 Introduced
2220 Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022)
2321 PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
2422 Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
2523 additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
2624 Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
2725 provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
2826 word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
2927 a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
3028 Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
3129 between statutes enacted by the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
3230 SENATE BILL No. 404
33-A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning human services.
31+A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
32+human services.
3433 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
35-1 SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2022] (a) As used in this
36-2 section, "child care" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-28.2.
37-3 (b) The legislative council is urged to assign to an appropriate
38-4 interim study committee, for study during the 2022 legislative
39-5 interim, the topic of availability and affordability of child care
40-6 services in Indiana.
41-7 (c) The interim study committee to which the topic described in
42-8 subsection (b) is assigned shall:
43-9 (1) consider means by which the availability and affordability
44-10 of child care services in Indiana can be increased, including
45-11 through use of funds received by the office of the secretary of
46-12 family and social services under the American Rescue Plan
47-13 Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4); and
48-14 (2) not later than November 1, 2022, submit to the general
49-15 assembly, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, a strategic
50-16 plan for increasing the availability and affordability of child
51-17 care services in Indiana.
52-SB 404—LS 6902/DI 119 2
53-1 (d) This SECTION expires January 1, 2023.
54-SB 404—LS 6902/DI 119 3
55-COMMITTEE REPORT
56-Madam President: The Senate Committee on Family and Children
57-Services, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 404, has had the same
58-under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
59-Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
60-follows:
61-Delete the title and insert the following:
62-A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning human services.
63-Page 1, line 1, delete "IC 2-5-36-9.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
64-CODE".
65-Page 1, line 2, delete "AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS
66-FOLLOWS".
67-Page 1, line 3, delete ": Sec. 9.3.".
68-Page 1, delete lines 5 through 17, begin a new paragraph and insert:
69-"(b) The legislative council is urged to assign to an appropriate
70-interim study committee, for study during the 2022 legislative
71-interim, the topic of availability and affordability of child care
72-services in Indiana.
73-(c) The interim study committee to which the topic described in
74-subsection (b) is assigned shall:
75-(1) consider means by which the availability and affordability
76-of child care services in Indiana can be increased, including
77-through use of funds received by the office of the secretary of
78-family and social services under the American Rescue Plan
79-Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4); and
80-(2) not later than November 1, 2022, submit to the general
81-assembly, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6, a strategic
82-plan for increasing the availability and affordability of child
83-care services in Indiana.
84-(d) This SECTION expires January 1, 2023.".
85-Delete page 2.
86-and when so amended that said bill do pass.
87-(Reference is to SB 404 as introduced.)
88-ROGERS, Chairperson
89-Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0.
90-SB 404—LS 6902/DI 119
34+1 SECTION 1. IC 2-5-36-9.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
35+2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
36+3 1, 2022]: Sec. 9.3. (a) As used in this section, "child care" has the
37+4 meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-28.2.
38+5 (b) As used in this section, "child care desert" means a
39+6 geographic area in which child care services are insufficiently
40+7 available or insufficiently affordable to meet the child care needs
41+8 of residents of the area.
42+9 (c) The commission shall develop and submit to the general
43+10 assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 a strategic plan
44+11 to use funds received by the office of the secretary of family and
45+12 social services under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L.
46+13 117-2, 135 Stat. 4) to reduce and eliminate child care deserts.
47+14 (d) In developing the strategic plan under subsection (c), the
48+15 commission shall consider the following:
49+16 (1) Use of Early Learning Indiana's:
50+17 (A) Early Learning Access Index; and
51+2022 IN 404—LS 6902/DI 119 2
52+1 (B) report regarding the Early Learning Access Index;
53+2 in making determinations regarding awarding of grants to
54+3 communities to address child care deserts.
55+4 (2) Providing for parity between:
56+5 (A) child care centers licensed under IC 12-17.2-4; and
57+6 (B) family child care providers;
58+7 with regard to voucher payments under the federal Child
59+8 Care and Development Fund.
60+9 (3) Establishment of a loan forgiveness program for all child
61+10 care providers in Indiana.
62+11 (4) Provision of subsidies to low-income, working parents
63+12 using funds from federal Child Care Development Fund block
64+13 grants.
65+14 (5) Changing Indiana tax law to:
66+15 (A) reflect the total cost, including both direct and indirect
67+16 costs, of child care; and
68+17 (B) increase the amount of pre-tax income that parents
69+18 may set aside through the child and dependent care credit.
70+19 (6) Workforce development initiatives to address shortages of
71+20 child care workers.
72+21 (7) Expanding the capacity of child care providers, improving
73+22 the quality of child care services, and making child care
74+23 services more affordable.
75+2022 IN 404—LS 6902/DI 119