HB 89: "An Act relating to the day care assistance program and the child care grant program; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 89 01 "An Act relating to the day care assistance program and the child care grant program; 02 and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 47.25.001(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) The department shall 06 (1) implement and administer a program to assist in providing day care 07 for the children of low and moderate income families according to the requirements of 08 AS 47.25.001 - 47.25.095; 09 (2) establish standards of eligibility for day care benefits; the 10 standards must provide that the maximum monthly household income allowed 11 for a family to participate in the child care assistance program is 300 percent of 12 the federal poverty line for the state, adjusted for family size; 13 (3) contract for the care of children of eligible families; 14 (4) establish procedures to periodically review the needs of families
01 receiving day care benefits; 02 (5) provide notification to the local government body of the request for 03 a contract with a day care facility; 04 (6) establish an electronic application for assistance and allow an 05 applicant to submit an application in electronic format or in other formats required by 06 state and federal law; the electronic application must inform an applicant that a false 07 statement made on the application will be investigated and is punishable under 08 AS 11.56.210. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 47.25.071(c) is amended to read: 10 (c) A grant under (a) of this section shall be calculated based on the actual 11 average cost of providing child care at a child care facility each [MAY NOT 12 EXCEED $50 PER] month for each child the child care facility cares for, or for each 13 full-time equivalent, as determined by the department. The grant shall be adjusted on a 14 geographic basis by the same factor as funding for a school district is adjusted in 15 AS 14.17.460. 16 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 17 read: 18 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND PLAN FEDERAL APPROVAL. To 19 the extent necessary to implement this Act, the Department of Health shall amend and submit 20 for federal approval the state plan for the day care assistance program consistent with 21 AS 47.25.001(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, and the child care grant program 22 consistent with AS 47.25.071(c), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act. 23 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 24 read: 25 CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) This Act takes effect only if, on or 26 before January 1, 2024, the United States Department of Health and Human Services 27 (1) approves the amendments to the state plan for day care assistance 28 eligibility made by AS 47.25.001(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, and child care grant 29 coverage made by AS 47.25.071(c), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act; or 30 (2) determines that approval of the amendments to the state plan for the day 31 care assistance program and child care grant program is not necessary.
01 (b) The commissioner of health shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing within 30 02 days after the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves amendments 03 to the state plan or determines that approval is not necessary under (a)(1) or (2) of this section. 04 * Sec. 5. If this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the day after the date the United States 05 Department of Health and Human Services approves the corresponding amendment to the 06 state plan or determines that approval is not necessary.