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Old	New		Differences
	1	+	EH1248.2
	2	+	Reprinted
	3	+	March 18, 2025
	4	+	ENGROSSED
	5	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1248
	6	+	_____
	7	+	DIGEST OF HB 1248 (Updated March 17, 2025 2:34 pm - DI 148)
	8	+	Citations Affected: IC 12-14.
	9	+	Synopsis: Child Care and Development Fund. Provides that a
	10	+	household is eligible for assistance under the Child Care and
	11	+	Development Fund (CCDF) program if the household includes a foster
	12	+	parent at the time of the office of the secretary of family and social
	13	+	services' initial determination regarding the household's CCDF
	14	+	eligibility. Requires the office of the secretary of family and social
	15	+	services to allocate 200 CCDF vouchers to be used for a child who is
	16	+	placed with a licensed foster parent.
	17	+	Effective: July 1, 2025.
	18	+	Rowray, Olthoff, Goss-Reaves,
	19	+	Harris
	20	+	(SENATE SPONSORS — BROWN L, CHARBONNEAU,
	21	+	RANDOLPH LONNIE M)
	22	+	January 9, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human
	23	+	Affairs.
	24	+	January 29, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and
	25	+	Means pursuant to Rule 126.3.
	26	+	February 17, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass.
	27	+	February 19, 2025, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
	28	+	February 20, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 89, nays 0.
	29	+	SENATE ACTION
	30	+	March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children Services.
	31	+	March 10, 2025, amended, reported favorably — Do Pass.
	32	+	March 17, 2025, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
	33	+	EH 1248—LS 7148/DI 148 Reprinted
	34	+	March 18, 2025
1	35		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
2	36		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
3	37		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
4	38		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
5	39		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
6	40		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
7	41		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
8	42		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
9	43		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
10	44		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11		-	HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1248
12		-	AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning human services.
	45	+	ENGROSSED
	46	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1248
	47	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
	48	+	human services.
13	49		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
14		-	SECTION 1. IC 12-14-31-4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
	50	+	1 SECTION 1. IC 12-14-31-4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
	51	+	2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
	52	+	3 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. A household that, at the time of the office of the
	53	+	4 secretary's initial determination of the household's income
	54	+	5 eligibility for purposes of entry into the CCDF program, includes
	55	+	6 a foster parent (as defined in IC 31-9-2-47) is eligible for assistance
	56	+	7 under the CCDF program for children in foster care (as defined in
	57	+	8 IC 31-9-2-46.7).
	58	+	9 SECTION 2. IC 12-14-31-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
	59	+	10 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
	60	+	11 1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The office of the secretary shall allocate two
	61	+	12 hundred (200) CCDF vouchers to be used for a child placed with
	62	+	13 a licensed foster parent. However, if any child care vouchers
	63	+	14 remain unused after a period of ninety (90) days, the office of the
	64	+	15 secretary may allocate those child care vouchers to other
	65	+	16 applicants.
	66	+	EH 1248—LS 7148/DI 148 2
	67	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	68	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Family, Children and Human
	69	+	Affairs, to which was referred House Bill 1248, has had the same under
	70	+	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
	71	+	the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
	72	+	Page 1, line 6, after "parent" insert "(as defined in IC 31-9-2-47)".
	73	+	Page 1, line 6, after "program" delete "." and insert "for children in
	74	+	foster care (as defined in IC 31-9-2-46.7).".
	75	+	and when so amended that said bill do pass.
	76	+	(Reference is to HB 1248 as introduced.)
	77	+	DEVON
	78	+	Committee Vote: yeas 11, nays 0.
	79	+	_____
	80	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	81	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was
	82	+	referred House Bill 1248, has had the same under consideration and
	83	+	begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
	84	+	recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
	85	+	Page 1, after line 8, begin a new paragraph and insert:
	86	+	"SECTION 2. IC 12-14-31-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
15	87		AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
16		-	1, 2025]: Sec. 4. A household that, at the time of the office of the
17		-	secretary's initial determination of the household's income
18		-	eligibility for purposes of entry into the CCDF program, includes
19		-	a foster parent (as defined in IC 31-9-2-47) is eligible for assistance
20		-	under the CCDF program for children in foster care (as defined in
21		-	IC 31-9-2-46.7).
22		-	SECTION 2. IC 12-14-31-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
23		-	AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
24		-	1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The office of the secretary shall allocate two
25		-	hundred (200) CCDF vouchers to be used for a child placed with
26		-	a licensed foster parent. However, if any child care vouchers
27		-	remain unused after a period of ninety (90) days, the office of the
28		-	secretary may allocate those child care vouchers to other
29		-	applicants.
30		-	HEA 1248 — Concur Speaker of the House of Representatives
31		-	President of the Senate
32		-	President Pro Tempore
33		-	Governor of the State of Indiana
34		-	Date: Time:
35		-	HEA 1248 — Concur
	88	+	1, 2025]: Sec. 5. The office of the secretary shall hold two hundred
	89	+	(200) CCDF vouchers in reserve to be used for foster youth (as
	90	+	defined in IC 31-9-2-47.3). However, if any child care vouchers
	91	+	held in reserve under this section remain unused after a period of
	92	+	ninety (90) days, the office of the secretary may allocate those child
	93	+	care vouchers to other applicants.".
	94	+	Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
	95	+	and when so amended that said bill do pass.
	96	+	(Reference is to HB 1248 as printed January 29, 2025.)
	97	+	THOMPSON
	98	+	Committee Vote: yeas 23, nays 0.
	99	+	EH 1248—LS 7148/DI 148 3
	100	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	101	+	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Family and Children
	102	+	Services, to which was referred House Bill No. 1248, has had the same
	103	+	under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
	104	+	Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as
	105	+	follows:
	106	+	Page 1, line 12, delete "foster youth (as" and insert "a child placed
	107	+	with a licensed foster parent.".
	108	+	Page 1, line 13, delete "defined in IC 31-9-2-47.3).".
	109	+	and when so amended that said bill do pass.
	110	+	(Reference is to HB 1248 as printed February 17, 2025.)
	111	+	WALKER G, Chairperson
	112	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0.
	113	+	_____
	114	+	SENATE MOTION
	115	+	Mr. President: I move that Engrossed House Bill 1248 be amended
	116	+	to read as follows:
	117	+	Page 1, line 11, delete "hold" and insert "allocate".
	118	+	Page 1, line 12, delete "in reserve".
	119	+	Page 1, line 13, delete "held".
	120	+	Page 1, line 14, delete "in reserve under this section".
	121	+	(Reference is to EHB 1248 as printed March 11, 2025.)
	122	+	BROWN L
	123	+	EH 1248—LS 7148/DI 148