1999 Minnesota Statutes

     119B.08 Reporting and payments. 

    Subdivision 1.    Reports.  The commissioner shall 
 specify requirements for reports under the same authority as 
 provided to the commissioner of human services in section 
 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (17).  

    Subd. 2.    Quarterly payments.  The commissioner may 
 make payments to each county in quarterly installments.  The 
 commissioner may certify an advance up to 25 percent of the 
 allocation.  Subsequent payments shall be made on a 
 reimbursement basis for reported expenditures and may be 
 adjusted for anticipated spending patterns.  Payments may be 
 withheld if quarterly reports are incomplete or untimely. 

    Subd. 3.    Child care fund plan.  The county and 
 designated administering agency shall submit to the commissioner 
 an annual child care fund plan in its biennial community social 
 services plan.  The commissioner shall establish the dates by 
 which the county must submit the plans.  The plan shall include: 

    (1) a narrative of the total program for child care 
 services, including all policies and procedures that affect 
 eligible families and are used to administer the child care 
 funds; 

    (2) the methods used by the county to inform eligible 
 families of the availability of child care assistance and 
 related services; 

    (3) the provider rates paid for all children with special 
 needs by provider type; 

    (4) the county prioritization policy for all eligible 
 families under the basic sliding fee program; and 

    (5) other information as requested by the department to 
 ensure compliance with the child care fund statutes and rules 
 promulgated by the commissioner. 

    The commissioner shall notify counties within 60 days of 
 the date the plan is submitted whether the plan is approved or 
 the corrections or information needed to approve the plan.  The 
 commissioner shall withhold a county's allocation until it has 
 an approved plan.  Plans not approved by the end of the second 
 quarter after the plan is due may result in a 25 percent 
 reduction in allocation.  Plans not approved by the end of the 
 third quarter after the plan is due may result in a 100 percent 
 reduction in the allocation to the county.  Counties are to 
 maintain services despite any reduction in their allocation due 
 to plans not being approved. 

    Subd. 4.    Termination of allocation.  The commissioner 
 may withhold, reduce, or terminate the allocation of any county 
 that does not meet the reporting or other requirements of this 
 program.  The commissioner shall reallocate to other counties 
 money so reduced or terminated.  

    HIST: 1987 c 403 art 3 s 67; 1989 c 89 s 22; 1989 c 282 art 2 
 s 146; 1990 c 568 art 4 s 47; 1997 c 162 art 4 s 26,27; 1999 c 
 159 s 19; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 27,69