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AN ACT relating to the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 199.884 is amended to read as follows: 3
The cabinet, or its designated department, shall promulgate administrative regulations in 4
accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to effectuate the provisions of KRS 199.881 to 5
199.888, including: 6
(1) Creating a standardized agreement for employers, employees, and providers 7
wishing to participate in the program, to be completed and agreed to by each 8
respective party that includes: 9
(a) Name, physical location, size, and industry of the employer; 10
(b) Name and phone number of the employer's point of contact; 11
(c) Name and physical location of the child-care provider; 12
(d) Name and phone number of the child-care provider's point of contact; 13
(e) Name and home address of the employee; 14
(f) Total contribution to be paid by the employer to the provider, either directly 15
or through a third-party vendor; 16
(g) Total amount of the state match to be paid to the provider, either directly or 17
through a third-party vendor; 18
(h) Duration of the contract, which shall not last beyond the end of the state's 19
fiscal year in any given year; 20
(i) Frequency of the contribution to be made directly to the child-care provider in 21
accordance with the provider's established billing cycle; and 22
(j) Demographic information of the employee; 23
(2) Establishing eligibility verification procedures for the following parties as a 24
prerequisite for the cabinet entering the agreement as a party and issuing a state 25
match: 26
(a) Employer's enrollment in the program; 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 25 RS HB 508/GA
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(b) Employee's eligibility; and 1
(c) Child-care provider's eligibility; 2
(3) Collecting and verifying household income information from eligible employees 3
and determining the amount of the state match for which the employee is eligible in 4
accordance with KRS 199.885; 5
(4) Creating procedures for issuing a notice to all parties to the agreement of: 6
(a) Their enrollment in the program upon receiving and processing the contract 7
and determining eligibility; and 8
(b) Any changes to the application process that may affect reapplication for the 9
program; 10
(5) Compiling confidentiality protocols for the cabinet and its designated department or 11
departments to safeguard the personal information of participating employees, 12
employers, and child-care providers; 13
(6) Introducing reporting requirements for an employer or a child-care provider 14
reporting a lapse or nonpayment of contribution towards eligible child-care 15
services; 16
(7) Creating procedures for issuing and logging a state match to child-care providers 17
pursuant to the respective contract; 18
(8) Maintaining records of the fund in the fiscal year and all payments; 19
(9) Creating criteria for participant disqualification from the program; 20
(10) Establishing procedures for appeals hearings;[ and] 21
(11) Establishing procedures for recouping state matches or portions of state matches 22
that result in overpayments to participating child-care providers; and 23
(12) Ensuring that the standardized agreement created in subsection (1)_ of this 24
section shall be: 25
(a) Accessible, viewable, and downloadable on the cabinet website; and 26
(b) Allowed to be submitted via first-class mail, email, or online portal. 27