Minnesota Legislature
HF 34
as introduced - 84th Legislature, 2005 1st Special Session (2005 - 2005) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying the child care
assistance income eligibility provisions; establishing
a provider rate differential for accreditation;
temporarily suspending child care license fees;
modifying the child care assistance parent fee
schedule; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
119B.09, subdivision 1, as amended; 119B.13, by adding
a subdivision; 245A.10, by adding a subdivision;
repealing Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14,
article 9, section 36.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119B.09,
subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 98, article 1,
section 7, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
General eligibility requirements for all
applicants for child care assistance.
(a) Child care services
must be available to families who need child care to find or
keep employment or to obtain the training or education necessary
to find employment and who:
(1) have household income less than or equal to 250 percent
of the federal poverty guidelines, adjusted for family size, and
meet the requirements of section 119B.05; receive MFIP
assistance; and are participating in employment and training
services under chapter 256J or 256K; or
(2) have household income deleted text begin less than or equal to 175 percent
of the federal poverty guidelines, adjusted for family size, at
program entry and deleted text end less than 250 percent of the federal poverty
guidelines, adjusted for family sizedeleted text begin , at program exitdeleted text end .
(b) Child care services must be made available as in-kind
services.
(c) All applicants for child care assistance and families
currently receiving child care assistance must be assisted and
required to cooperate in establishment of paternity and
enforcement of child support obligations for all children in the
family as a condition of program eligibility. For purposes of
this section, a family is considered to meet the requirement for
cooperation when the family complies with the requirements of
section 256.741.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2005.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119B.13, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
new text begin Subd. 3a.new text end
new text begin Provider rate differential for
accreditation.new text end
new text begin A family child care provider or child care
center shall be paid a 15 percent differential above the maximum
rate established in subdivision 1, up to the actual provider
rate, if the provider or center holds a current early childhood
development credential or is accredited. For a family child
care provider, early childhood development credential and
accreditation includes an individual who has earned a child
development associate degree, a diploma in child development
from a Minnesota state technical college, or a bachelor's degree
in early childhood education from an accredited college or
university, or who is accredited by the National Association for
Family Child Care or the Competency Based Training and
Assessment Program. For a child care center, accreditation
includes accreditation by the National Association for the
Education of Young Children, the Council on Accreditation, the
National Early Childhood Program Accreditation, the National
School-Age Care Association, or the National Head Start
Association Program of Excellence. For Montessori programs,
accreditation includes the American Montessori Society,
Association of Montessori International-USA, or the National
Center for Montessori Education.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective July 1, 2005.
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Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.10, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
new text begin Subd. 7.new text end
new text begin Temporary suspension of child care license
fees.new text end
new text begin County fees for background studies and licensing
inspections in family and group family child care under
subdivision 2 and annual child care center license fees under
subdivision 4 are suspended. The commissioner shall use
unallocated federal child care development fund money from the
2004-2005 biennium to reimburse the state and counties for the
reduced child care licensure fee revenue due to the temporary
suspension. The commissioner shall also set a standard
statewide license and background study fee for family child care
providers based on the average fees currently being charged.
This subdivision expires on June 30, 2007.
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This section is effective July 1, 2005.
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Sec. 4. new text begin PARENT FEE SCHEDULE.
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 3400.0100, subpart 4,
the parent fee schedule is as follows:
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Income Range (as a
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Co-payment (as a
percent of the federal
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percentage of adjusted
poverty guidelines)
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gross income)
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0-74.99%
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$0/month
75.00-99.99%
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$5/month
100.00-104.99%
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2.61%
105.00-109.99%
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2.61%
110.00-114.99%
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2.61%
115.00-119.99%
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2.61%
120.00-124.99%
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2.91%
125.00-129.99%
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2.91%
130.00-134.99%
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2.91%
135.00-139.99%
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2.91%
140.00-144.99%
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3.21%
145.00-149.99%
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3.21%
150.00-154.99%
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3.21%
155.00-159.99%
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3.84%
160.00-164.99%
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3.84%
165.00-169.99%
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4.46%
170.00-174.99%
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4.76%
175.00-179.99%
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5.05%
180.00-184.99%
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5.65%
185.00-189.99%
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5.95%
190.00-194.99%
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6.24%
195.00-199.99%
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6.84%
200.00-204.99%
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7.58%
205.00-209.99%
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8.33%
210.00-214.99%
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9.20%
215.00-219.99%
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10.07%
220.00-224.99%
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10.94%
225.00-229.99%
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11.55%
230.00-234.99%
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12.16%
235.00-239.99%
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12.77%
240.00-244.99%
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13.38%
245.00-249.99%
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14.00%
250%
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ineligible
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A family's monthly co-payment fee is the fixed percentage
established for the income range multiplied by the highest
possible income within that income range.
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This section is effective July 1, 2005.
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Sec. 5. new text begin REPEALER.
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Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14, article 9,
section 36, is repealed.
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