Missouri 2024 Regular Session

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2	2	SECOND REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 881
4	4	102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RAZER.
6	6	3663S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapter 210, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to child care.
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10	10	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
11	11	Section A. Chapter 210, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
12	12	one new section, to b e known as section 210.054, to read as 2
13	13	follows:3
14	14	210.054. 1. Subject to appropriation, the office of 1
15	15	childhood within the department of elementary and secondary 2
16	16	education, in collaboration with the department of economic 3
17	17	development, shall design , implement, and administer a pilot 4
18	18	program to facilitate access to child care for working 5
19	19	families, which shall include a cost -sharing child care 6
20	20	subsidy program designed to divide the cost of child care 7
21	21	equally by participating employers, employees, and the state. 8
22	22	2. The pilot project shall use regional early child 9
23	23	care community leaders designated by the office to 10
24	24	coordinate with employers and child care providers to 11
25	25	provide for child care placement for employees of partnering 12
26	26	employers. The pilot program shall be established in at 13
27	27	least one predominately rural region and one predominately 14
28	28	urban region of the state. 15
29	29	3. Participating child care providers shall be 16
30	30	qualified to provide child care services pursuant to section 17
31	31	210.1080 and shall enter into an agreement with the office 18
32	32	to provide child care services to employees participating in 19 SB 881 2
33	33	the program. Such agreement shall specify the cost of child 20
34	34	care services for the employee for the duration of the 21
35	35	contract period, as well as the respective employer, 22
36	36	employee, and state shares of the costs; provided that such 23
37	37	shares are equal parts of the cost of the child care. 24
38	38	4. In order to qualify for the program, employees 25
39	39	shall work in Missouri for a participating employer an d 26
40	40	shall have an income between greater than two hundred 27
41	41	percent but less than or equal to three hundred twenty -five 28
42	42	percent of the federal poverty level for the applicable 29
43	43	family size. 30
44	44	5. In addition to appropriations from the general 31
45	45	assembly, the office shall apply for available grants and 32
46	46	shall be able to accept other gifts, grants, bequests, and 33
47	47	donations to develop and implement the program established 34
48	48	pursuant to this section. 35
49	49	6. The office shall provide a report to the governor 36
50	50	and general assembly by December thirty -first each year 37
51	51	detailing the effectiveness of the pilot program in 38
52	52	increasing access to child care for Missouri employees and 39
53	53	encouraging recruitment and retention of employees of 40
54	54	participating employers. 41
55	55	7. The office shall promulgate rules and regulations 42
56	56	to implement the provisions of this section, including, but 43
57	57	not limited to, standardized agreements between employers, 44
58	58	employees, and the state for the payment of child care 45
59	59	services under this sectio n; eligibility verification 46
60	60	processes for employees; and procedures for issuing the 47
61	61	state share of an employee's child care costs as a subsidy 48
62	62	to the provider. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that 49
63	63	term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under 50
64	64	the authority delegated in this section shall become 51 SB 881 3
65	65	effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of 52
66	66	the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 53
67	67	536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 54
68	68	if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 55
69	69	pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 56
70	70	date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 57
71	71	held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 58
72	72	authority and any rule proposed or adopted af ter August 28, 59
73	73	2024, shall be invalid and void. 60
74	74	8. Pursuant to section 23.253 of the Missouri Sunset 61
75	75	Act: 62
76	76	(1) The program authorized pursuant to this section 63
77	77	shall automatically sunset six years after August 28, 2024, 64
78	78	unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and 65
79	79	(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program 66
80	80	authorized pursuant to this section shall automatically 67
81	81	sunset twelve years after the effective date of the 68
82	82	reauthorization; and 69
83	83	(3) This section shall ter minate on September first of 70
84	84	the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in 71
85	85	which the program authorized pursuant to this section is 72
86	86	sunset. 73
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