H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec. 12B.3 of S.L. 2016-94 directs the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) in the Department of Health and Human Services, beginning on October 1, 2016, to increase the child care subsidy market rates to the rates recommended by the 2015 Child Care Market Rate Study from age 3 to 5 years in 3-, 4-, and 5-star rated child care facilities in tier 1 and tier 2 counties. Section 12B.2A of S.L. 2015-241 directed DCDEE, beginning on January 1, 2016, to increase the child care subsidy market rates to the rates recommended by the 2015 Child Care Market Rate Study for birth through 2 years of age in 3-, 4-, and 5-star rated child care facilities in tier 1 and tier 2 counties.

This section became effective July 1, 2016.