25.595.16 100th Legislative Session 1132
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1132
ENROLLED
AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to establish provisions for eligibility in the child care assistance
program for certain child care employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 28-1-60 be AMENDED:
28-1-60. The Department of Social Services shall establish a child care assistance
program to assist families with child care services and to aid in the improvement of quality
and services for the care of children in day care. The department may assist in the
improvement, availability, and quality of day care for children by providing training,
education, and advocacy for child care.
Section 2. That § 28-1-61 be AMENDED:
28-1-61. The secretary of social services shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-
26 for the administration of the child care assistance program in the following areas:
(1) Eligibility determination, criteria, and application procedure;
(2) The amount, scope, and duration of child care services and payments;
(3) Fees;
(4) Licensing and registration;
(5) Methods of administration, record keeping, and audit;
(6) Compliance monitoring;
(7) Complaint investigation;
(8) Reporting requirements;
(9) Eligibility criteria and procedures for grants, contracts, and awards to providers of
child care services under § 28-1-60;
(10) Training, community and provider education, and child advocacy; and 25.595.16 2 1132
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(11) Other standards and requirements as may be necessary to ensure the efficient
operation and administration of the program or as required to qualify for federal
funding.
Section 3. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 28-1:
In determining eligibility for payments from the child care assistance program, the
Department of Social Services shall exclude all earned and unearned income of an
applicant's household if:
(1) The applicant is employed by a:
(a) Before and after school day care program, licensed by the department;
(b) Day care center or group family day care home, licensed by the department;
or
(c) Family day care home, registered by the department;
(2) The applicant works at least thirty hours per week at the center, home, or program;
and
(3) The applicant's household income does not exceed three hundred percent of the
federal poverty level. 25.595.16 3 1132
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An Act to establish provisions for eligibility in the child care assistance program for certain
child care employees.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
House as Bill No. 1132
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1132
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2025 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2025
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2025
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State