Michigan 2023-2024 Regular Session

Michigan House Bill HB4615 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE BILL NO. 4615 A bill to make, supplement, and adjust appropriations for various state departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023; to provide for certain conditions on appropriations; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. the people of the state of michigan enact:
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27	27	A bill to make, supplement, and adjust appropriations for various state departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023; to provide for certain conditions on appropriations; to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
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29	29	the people of the state of michigan enact:
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31	31	1 2 3 4 part 1 line-item appropriations Sec. 101. There is appropriated for various state departments and agencies to supplement appropriations for the fiscal year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ending September 30, 2023, from the following funds: APPROPRIATION SUMMARY Full-time equated classified positions 0.0 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 5,000,000 Interdepartmental grant revenues: Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0 ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 5,000,000 Federal revenues: Total federal revenues 0 Special revenue funds: Total local revenues 0 Total private revenues 0 Total other state restricted revenues 0 State general fund/general purpose $ 5,000,000 Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY Full-time equated classified positions (41.0) GROSS APPROPRIATION $ (251,012,500) Interdepartmental grant revenues: Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0 ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ (251,012,500) Federal revenues: Total federal revenues (210,305,800) Special revenue funds: Total local revenues 0 Total private revenues 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Total other state restricted revenues 0 State general fund/general purpose $ (40,706,700) (2) MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START Full-time equated classified positions (41.0) Child development and care contracted services $ (12,400,000) Child development and care external support (31,178,300) Child development and care public assistance (199,080,000) Office of great start operations--FTEs (41.0) (8,354,200) GROSS APPROPRIATION $ (251,012,500) Appropriated from: Federal revenues: Federal revenues (210,305,800) State general fund/general purpose $ (40,706,700) Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY Full-time equated classified positions 41.0 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 256,012,500 Interdepartmental grant revenues: Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0 ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 256,012,500 Federal revenues: Total federal revenues 210,305,800 Special revenue funds: Total local revenues 0 Total private revenues 0 Total other state restricted revenues 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 State general fund/general purpose $ 45,706,700 (2) CHILDREN'S SERVICES AGENCY CHILD WELFARE Full-time equated classified positions 41.0 Child development and care administration--FTEs 41.0 $ 8,354,200 Child development and care contracted services 12,400,000 Child development and care external support 36,178,300 Child development and care public assistance 199,080,000 GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 256,012,500 Appropriated from: Federal revenues: Total other federal revenues 210,305,800 State general fund/general purpose $ 45,706,700 part 2 provisions concerning appropriations general sections Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources under part 1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 is $5,000,000.00 and total state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government is $0.00. Sec. 202. The appropriations made and expenditures authorized under this part and part 1 and the departments, commissions, boards, offices, and programs for which appropriations are made under this part and part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594. Sec. 203. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within this act for the particular department, board, commission, office, or institution. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Sec. 301. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care contracted services, the department of health and human services shall provide the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on health and human services with an annual report on all funding appropriated to contracts for the early childhood comprehensive systems planning by this state during the previous fiscal year. The report is due by February 15 and must contain at least all of the following information: (a) Total funding appropriated to contracts for the early childhood comprehensive systems planning by this state during the previous fiscal year. (b) The amount of funding for each grant awarded. (c) The grant recipients. (d) The activities funded by each grant. (e) An analysis of each grant recipient's success in addressing the development of a comprehensive system of early childhood services and supports. (2) All department contracts for early childhood comprehensive systems planning must be bid out through a statewide request-for-proposal process. Sec. 302. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care external support, the department of health and human services shall create a progress report that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 (a) Both the on-site and off-site activities that are intended to improve child care provider quality and the number of times licensing consultants perform those activities. (b) The number of on-site visits a single licensing consultant has made since the start of the current fiscal year. (c) The types of on-site visits and the number of visits for each type that a single consultant has made since the start of the current fiscal year. (d) The number of providers that have improved their quality rating since the start of the current fiscal year compared to the same time period in the preceding fiscal year, reported as the number of providers in each regional prosperity zone. (e) The types of activities that are intended to improve licensing consultant performance and child care provider quality and the number of times managers and administrators perform those activities. (2) The progress report shall be sent to the senate and house subcommittees on health and human services, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office by September 30, 2023. Sec. 303. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care public assistance, the provider reimbursement rates for child care centers, group home providers, registered family homes, and licensed exempt providers are increased by 10% from the provider rates established in section 1020 of article 3 of 2021 PA 87, rounded to the nearest $0.05. (2) Rate increases funded under subsection (1) are effective the first full biweekly pay period of fiscal year 2022-2023. (3) The department of health and human services shall ensure that the final child development and care provider reimbursement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 rates are published on the department of health and human services and Great Start to Quality webpages. Sec. 304. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, from the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care public assistance, the income entrance eligibility threshold for the child development and care program is set to not more than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines. (2) If the average number of children under the total paid children column, as reported by the department of health and human services child development and care program Table 41 from the published department of health and human services Green Book, is more than 45,000 children for 3 consecutive months, then the department of health and human services shall do both of the following: (a) As determined by the department of health and human services, create a waiting list for new children entering the child development and care program. (b) Begin the administrative process to decrease the income entrance eligibility threshold to not less than 160% of the federal poverty guidelines for the following month. Sec. 305. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care public assistance, the department of health and human services shall implement a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule through the following block segments: (a) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule for child care centers, group homes, and registered family homes, for paid part-time hours between 1 to 30 hours, must be reimbursed as 30 hours. (b) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 schedule for child care centers, group homes, and registered family homes, for paid part-time hours between 31 to 60 hours, must be reimbursed as 60 hours, part-time rate. (c) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule for child care centers, group homes, and registered family homes, for paid full-time plus hours between 61 to 90 hours, must be reimbursed as 90 hours, full-time rate. (d) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule for license exempt providers must be reimbursed at their current hourly reimbursement rates. Sec. 306. As a condition of receiving funds in part 1, within 10 days of the receipt of changes to the federal child care and development program, the department of health and human services shall notify the chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on health and human services, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office. The notification must include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) Changes to the federal matching award amount, including the amount of state resources necessary to draw down the total matching award. (b) Changes to the amount of child care and development block grant that is awarded to this state. (c) Any significant changes to the federal requirements on the child development and care program, indicating any new requirements that would require the appropriation of additional dollars. Sec. 307. As a condition of receiving funds in part 1, the department of health and human services must issue a determination on an application for child care and development subsidies within 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 15 days. If subsidies are discontinued, the department of health and human services must send notice by mail and electronically to the parent and the child care provider. If subsidies are discontinued wrongfully, the department of health and human services must provide restitution to the child care provider, or to the parent if they paid the provider, within 15 days. REPEALER Sec. 401. Sections 1002, 1003, 1007, 1009, 1010, and 1011 of article 3 of 2022 PA 166 are repealed.
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45	45	Sec. 101. There is appropriated for various state departments and agencies to supplement appropriations for the fiscal year
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103	103	ending September 30, 2023, from the following funds:
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105	105	APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
106	106	Full-time equated classified positions 0.0
107	107	GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 5,000,000
108	108	Interdepartmental grant revenues:
109	109	Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0
110	110	ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 5,000,000
111	111	Federal revenues:
112	112	Total federal revenues 0
113	113	Special revenue funds:
114	114	Total local revenues 0
115	115	Total private revenues 0
116	116	Total other state restricted revenues 0
117	117	State general fund/general purpose $ 5,000,000
118	118	Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
119	119	(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
120	120	Full-time equated classified positions (41.0)
121	121	GROSS APPROPRIATION $ (251,012,500)
122	122	Interdepartmental grant revenues:
123	123	Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0
124	124	ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ (251,012,500)
125	125	Federal revenues:
126	126	Total federal revenues (210,305,800)
127	127	Special revenue funds:
128	128	Total local revenues 0
129	129	Total private revenues 0
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131	131	APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
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139	139	Full-time equated classified positions
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147	147	GROSS APPROPRIATION
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153	153	5,000,000
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155	155	Interdepartmental grant revenues:
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163	163	Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers
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171	171	ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION
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179	179	Federal revenues:
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187	187	Total federal revenues
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211	211	Total private revenues
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219	219	Total other state restricted revenues
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235	235	Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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259	259	GROSS APPROPRIATION
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283	283	ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION
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387	387	Total other state restricted revenues 0
388	388	State general fund/general purpose $ (40,706,700)
389	389	(2) MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
390	390	Full-time equated classified positions (41.0)
391	391	Child development and care contracted services $ (12,400,000)
392	392	Child development and care external support (31,178,300)
393	393	Child development and care public assistance (199,080,000)
394	394	Office of great start operations--FTEs (41.0) (8,354,200)
395	395	GROSS APPROPRIATION $ (251,012,500)
396	396	Appropriated from:
397	397	Federal revenues:
398	398	Federal revenues (210,305,800)
399	399	State general fund/general purpose $ (40,706,700)
400	400	Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
401	401	(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
402	402	Full-time equated classified positions 41.0
403	403	GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 256,012,500
404	404	Interdepartmental grant revenues:
405	405	Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers 0
406	406	ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 256,012,500
407	407	Federal revenues:
408	408	Total federal revenues 210,305,800
409	409	Special revenue funds:
410	410	Total local revenues 0
411	411	Total private revenues 0
412	412	Total other state restricted revenues 0
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430	430	(2) MICHIGAN OFFICE OF GREAT START
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518	518	Sec. 103. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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526	526	(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
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680	680	State general fund/general purpose $ 45,706,700
681	681	(2) CHILDREN'S SERVICES AGENCY CHILD WELFARE
682	682	Full-time equated classified positions 41.0
683	683	Child development and care administration--FTEs 41.0 $ 8,354,200
684	684	Child development and care contracted services 12,400,000
685	685	Child development and care external support 36,178,300
686	686	Child development and care public assistance 199,080,000
687	687	GROSS APPROPRIATION $ 256,012,500
688	688	Appropriated from:
689	689	Federal revenues:
690	690	Total other federal revenues 210,305,800
691	691	State general fund/general purpose $ 45,706,700
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749	749	GROSS APPROPRIATION
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779	779	210,305,800
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781	781	State general fund/general purpose
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787	787	45,706,700
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791	791	part 2
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793	793	provisions concerning appropriations
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795	795	general sections
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797	797	Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources under part 1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 is $5,000,000.00 and total state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government is $0.00.
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799	799	Sec. 202. The appropriations made and expenditures authorized under this part and part 1 and the departments, commissions, boards, offices, and programs for which appropriations are made under this part and part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.
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801	801	Sec. 203. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent
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861	861	resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, intertransfer funds within this act for the particular department, board, commission, office, or institution.
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865	865	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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867	867	Sec. 301. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care contracted services, the department of health and human services shall provide the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on health and human services with an annual report on all funding appropriated to contracts for the early childhood comprehensive systems planning by this state during the previous fiscal year. The report is due by February 15 and must contain at least all of the following information:
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869	869	(a) Total funding appropriated to contracts for the early childhood comprehensive systems planning by this state during the previous fiscal year.
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871	871	(b) The amount of funding for each grant awarded.
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873	873	(c) The grant recipients.
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875	875	(d) The activities funded by each grant.
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877	877	(e) An analysis of each grant recipient's success in addressing the development of a comprehensive system of early childhood services and supports.
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879	879	(2) All department contracts for early childhood comprehensive systems planning must be bid out through a statewide request-for-proposal process.
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881	881	Sec. 302. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care external support, the department of health and human services shall create a progress report that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
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941	941	(a) Both the on-site and off-site activities that are intended to improve child care provider quality and the number of times licensing consultants perform those activities.
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943	943	(b) The number of on-site visits a single licensing consultant has made since the start of the current fiscal year.
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945	945	(c) The types of on-site visits and the number of visits for each type that a single consultant has made since the start of the current fiscal year.
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947	947	(d) The number of providers that have improved their quality rating since the start of the current fiscal year compared to the same time period in the preceding fiscal year, reported as the number of providers in each regional prosperity zone.
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949	949	(e) The types of activities that are intended to improve licensing consultant performance and child care provider quality and the number of times managers and administrators perform those activities.
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951	951	(2) The progress report shall be sent to the senate and house subcommittees on health and human services, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office by September 30, 2023.
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953	953	Sec. 303. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care public assistance, the provider reimbursement rates for child care centers, group home providers, registered family homes, and licensed exempt providers are increased by 10% from the provider rates established in section 1020 of article 3 of 2021 PA 87, rounded to the nearest $0.05.
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955	955	(2) Rate increases funded under subsection (1) are effective the first full biweekly pay period of fiscal year 2022-2023.
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957	957	(3) The department of health and human services shall ensure that the final child development and care provider reimbursement
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1017	1017	rates are published on the department of health and human services and Great Start to Quality webpages.
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1019	1019	Sec. 304. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, from the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care public assistance, the income entrance eligibility threshold for the child development and care program is set to not more than 200% of the federal poverty guidelines.
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1021	1021	(2) If the average number of children under the total paid children column, as reported by the department of health and human services child development and care program Table 41 from the published department of health and human services Green Book, is more than 45,000 children for 3 consecutive months, then the department of health and human services shall do both of the following:
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1023	1023	(a) As determined by the department of health and human services, create a waiting list for new children entering the child development and care program.
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1025	1025	(b) Begin the administrative process to decrease the income entrance eligibility threshold to not less than 160% of the federal poverty guidelines for the following month.
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1027	1027	Sec. 305. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for child development and care public assistance, the department of health and human services shall implement a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule through the following block segments:
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1029	1029	(a) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule for child care centers, group homes, and registered family homes, for paid part-time hours between 1 to 30 hours, must be reimbursed as 30 hours.
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1031	1031	(b) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate
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1091	1091	schedule for child care centers, group homes, and registered family homes, for paid part-time hours between 31 to 60 hours, must be reimbursed as 60 hours, part-time rate.
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1093	1093	(c) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule for child care centers, group homes, and registered family homes, for paid full-time plus hours between 61 to 90 hours, must be reimbursed as 90 hours, full-time rate.
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1095	1095	(d) The block segment for a biweekly block reimbursement rate schedule for license exempt providers must be reimbursed at their current hourly reimbursement rates.
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1097	1097	Sec. 306. As a condition of receiving funds in part 1, within 10 days of the receipt of changes to the federal child care and development program, the department of health and human services shall notify the chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on health and human services, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office. The notification must include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
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1099	1099	(a) Changes to the federal matching award amount, including the amount of state resources necessary to draw down the total matching award.
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1101	1101	(b) Changes to the amount of child care and development block grant that is awarded to this state.
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1103	1103	(c) Any significant changes to the federal requirements on the child development and care program, indicating any new requirements that would require the appropriation of additional dollars.
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1105	1105	Sec. 307. As a condition of receiving funds in part 1, the department of health and human services must issue a determination on an application for child care and development subsidies within
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1127	1127	15 days. If subsidies are discontinued, the department of health and human services must send notice by mail and electronically to the parent and the child care provider. If subsidies are discontinued wrongfully, the department of health and human services must provide restitution to the child care provider, or to the parent if they paid the provider, within 15 days.
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1131	1131	REPEALER
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1133	1133	Sec. 401. Sections 1002, 1003, 1007, 1009, 1010, and 1011 of article 3 of 2022 PA 166 are repealed.