Minnesota Legislature
SF 2229
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/17/2023 08:28am
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A bill for an act
relating to child care assistance; modifying child care assistance eligibility and
co-payment requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 119B.09,
subdivision 1; 119B.12, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 119B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
General eligibility requirements.
(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 whodeleted text begin :
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deleted text begin (1)deleted text end have household income less than or equal to deleted text begin 67deleted text end new text begin 85new text end percent of the state median income,
adjusted for family size, at application and redeterminationdeleted text begin , and meet the requirements of
section 119B.05; receive MFIP assistance; and are participating in employment and training
services under chapter deleted text end deleted text begin 256Jdeleted text end deleted text begin ; ordeleted text end new text begin .
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(2) have household income less than or equal to 47 percent of the state median income,
adjusted for family size, at application and less than or equal to 67 percent of the state
median income, adjusted for family size, at redetermination.
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(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 at application and
redetermination 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.
(d) All applicants for child care assistance and families currently receiving child care
assistance must pay the co-payment fee under section 119B.12, subdivision 2, as a condition
of eligibility. The co-payment fee may include additional recoupment fees due to a child
care assistance program overpayment.
(e) If a family has one child with a child care authorization and the child reaches 13
years of age or the child has a disability and reaches 15 years of age, the family remains
eligible until the redetermination.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 119B.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Fee schedule.
new text begin (a) new text end All changes to parent fees must be implemented on
the first Monday of the service period following the effective date of the change.
PARENT FEE SCHEDULE. The parent fee schedule is as follows, except as noted in
subdivision 2:
| Income Range (as a percent of the state median income, except deleted text begin at the start of the first tierdeleted text end new text begin for the first two tiersnew text end ) |
Co-payment (as a percentage of adjusted gross incomenew text begin , except for the first two tiersnew text end ) |
| 0-74.99% of federal poverty guidelines |
$0/biweekly |
| 75.00-99.99% of federal poverty guidelines |
$2/biweekly |
| 100.00% of federal poverty guidelines-27.72% |
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2.61%
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1.31% new text end |
| 27.73-29.04% |
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2.61%
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1.31% new text end |
| 29.05-30.36% |
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2.61%
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1.31% new text end |
| 30.37-31.68% |
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2.61%
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1.31% new text end |
| 31.69-33.00% |
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2.91%
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1.46 % new text end |
| 33.01-34.32% |
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2.91%
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1.46 % new text end |
| 34.33-35.65% |
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2.91%
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1.46 % new text end |
| 35.66-36.96% |
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2.91%
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1.46 % new text end |
| 36.97-38.29% |
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3.21%
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1.61 % new text end |
| 38.30-39.61% |
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3.21%
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1.61 % new text end |
| 39.62-40.93% |
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3.21%
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1.61 % new text end |
| 40.94-42.25% |
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3.84%
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1.92% new text end |
| 42.26-43.57% |
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3.84%
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1.92% new text end |
| 43.58-44.89% |
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4.46%
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2.23% new text end |
| 44.90-46.21% |
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4.76%
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2.38% new text end |
| 46.22-47.53% |
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5.05%
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2.53% new text end |
| 47.54-48.85% |
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5.65%
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2.83% new text end |
| 48.86-50.17% |
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5.95%
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2.98% new text end |
| 50.18-51.49% |
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6.24%
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3.12% new text end |
| 51.50-52.81% |
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6.84%
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3.42% new text end |
| 52.82-54.13% |
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7.58%
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3.79% new text end |
| 54.14-55.45% |
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8.33%
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4.17% new text end |
| 55.46-56.77% |
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9.20%
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4.60% new text end |
| 56.78-58.09% |
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10.07%
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5.04% new text end |
| 58.10-59.41% |
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10.94%
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5.47% new text end |
| 59.42-60.73% |
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11.55%
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5.78% new text end |
| 60.74-62.06% |
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12.16%
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6.08% new text end |
| 62.07-63.38% |
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12.77%
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6.39% new text end |
| 63.39-64.70% |
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13.38%
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6.69% new text end |
| 64.71-67.00% |
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14.00%
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7.00% new text end |
|
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67.01-85.00% new text end |
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7.00% new text end |
| Greater than deleted text begin 67.00%deleted text end new text begin 85.00% new text end |
ineligible |
new text begin (b) For families with incomes greater than or equal to 100 percent of federal poverty
guidelines and not more than 67 percent of the state median income, new text end a family's biweekly
co-payment fee is the fixed percentage established for the income range multiplied by the
highest possible income within that income range.new text begin For families with incomes greater than
or equal to 67.01 percent of the state median income and not more than 85 percent of the
state median income, a family's biweekly co-payment fee is the fixed percentage established
for the income range multiplied by the lowest possible income within that income range.
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