Indiana 2023 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SB0367 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 367
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 12-17.2-7.7.
7	7	Synopsis: Child care for military families. Allows the family and
8	8	social services administration to provide grants to assist licensed child
9	9	care centers located near military bases in obtaining the national
10	10	accreditation necessary for participation in a federal Military Child
11	11	Care in Your Neighborhood fee assistance program.
12	12	Effective: July 1, 2023.
13	13	Donato
14	14	January 17, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children
15	15	Services.
16	16	2023 IN 367—LS 7053/DI 119 Introduced
17	17	First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
18	18	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
19	19	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
20	20	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
21	21	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
22	22	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
23	23	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
24	24	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
25	25	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
26	26	between statutes enacted by the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
27	27	SENATE BILL No. 367
28	28	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
29	29	human services.
30	30	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
31	31	1 SECTION 1. IC 12-17.2-7.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
32	32	2 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
33	33	3 JULY 1, 2023]:
34	34	4 Chapter 7.7. Military Child Care Grant Program
35	35	5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the military
36	36	6 child care grant fund established by section 3 of this chapter.
37	37	7 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "MCCYN program" refers to the
38	38	8 Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood fee assistance program
39	39	9 of a branch of the armed forces of the United States.
40	40	10 Sec. 3. (a) The military child care grant fund is established to
41	41	11 provide grants to child care centers for the purpose of assisting a
42	42	12 child care center in obtaining the national accreditation necessary
43	43	13 to participate in an MCCYN program.
44	44	14 (b) The office of the secretary shall administer the fund.
45	45	15 (c) The fund consists of:
46	46	16 (1) money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly;
47	47	17 (2) federal funding allocated to the fund by the office of the
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49	49	1 secretary; and
50	50	2 (3) gifts, grants, devises, bequests, and other donations made
51	51	3 to the fund.
52	52	4 (d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
53	53	5 money in the fund.
54	54	6 (e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
55	55	7 revert to the state general fund.
56	56	8 Sec. 4. (a) To the extent sufficient money is available in the fund,
57	57	9 the office of the secretary shall provide a grant from the fund to a
58	58	10 child care center that:
59	59	11 (1) applies for a grant in the form and manner specified by the
60	60	12 office of the secretary; and
61	61	13 (2) is determined by the office of the secretary to be:
62	62	14 (A) licensed under IC 12-17.2-4; and
63	63	15 (B) located not more than thirty (30) miles from an active
64	64	16 military base (as defined in IC 36-1-4-20).
65	65	17 (b) The office of the secretary shall calculate the amount of a
66	66	18 grant to a child care center under subsection (a) based on:
67	67	19 (1) the available balance in the fund; and
68	68	20 (2) an assessment by the office of the secretary of the actions
69	69	21 needed to be taken by the child care center to attain eligibility
70	70	22 for the MCCYN program of one (1) or more branches of the
71	71	23 armed forces of the United States whose personnel serve at
72	72	24 the active military base near which the child care center is
73	73	25 located as determined under subsection (a)(2)(B).
74	74	26 (c) A child care center that receives a grant under this section
75	75	27 shall use the grant funds solely to defray expenses associated with
76	76	28 taking the actions identified by the office of the secretary under
77	77	29 subsection (b)(2).
78	78	30 Sec. 5. The office of the secretary shall adopt rules under
79	79	31 IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this chapter.
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