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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2016 By: Ranson and Schreiber
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to poor persons; authorizing the
Department of Human Services to utilize certain
program; providing standards Department shall
consider; directing De partment to publish certain
information on website; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A n ew section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 230.74 of Title 56, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Human Services may utilize an enrollment-
based child care subsidy payments program that complies with all
applicable federal funding requirements and legal authority and that
seeks to provide adequate, stable payments to child care providers
under this section by establishing effective payment practices based
on accurate time and attendance systems.
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B. The Department shall consider pro gram standards, including,
but not limited to:
1. The child's developmental and educational goals when
authorizing care periods eligible for re imbursement;
2. Accommodation of variable parent sche dules;
3. Authorizing pay based upon enrollment rather th an
attendance;
4. Using a range of hours to determine authorized care amounts;
and
5. Simplifying and streamlining payment processes with
providers.
C. The Department shall publish on the Department's publicly
accessible website an overview of child care services and the
methodology used to issue payments to providers of child care
services, including any changes to the methodology during the
previous year, if applicable.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY
SERVICES, dated 02/27/2024 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.