Iowa HF 2514: A bill for an act relating to campaign finance, including expenditures, attribution statements, and reports, and making penalties applicable.

Bill Text

House
File
2514
-
Enrolled

House
File
2514

AN
ACT

MAKING
CHILDREN
OF
CHILD
CARE
WORKERS
IN
THIS
STATE
ELIGIBLE
FOR

THE
STATE
CHILD
CARE
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
NEW
SECTION

.
237A.13A
State
child
care

assistance
——
child
care
workforce.

1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
section
237A.13
or

237A.14
to
the
contrary,
a
child
shall
be
eligible
for
the

state
child
care
assistance
program
established
in
section

237A.13
if
a
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
of
the
child
meets

all
of
the
following
requirements,
as
applicable:

a.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
employed
at
a
child

care
facility
or
child
care
home
located
in
this
state,
and
the

child
care
facility
or
child
care
home
has
an
agreement
with

the
department
to
accept
reimbursement
from
the
state
child

care
assistance
program.

b.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
works
in
a
child

care
facility
or
child
care
home
located
in
this
state
an

average
minimum
of
thirty-two
hours
per
week
during
the
month

in
a
position
with
a
primary
duty
of
providing
child
care

directly
to
children,
and
is
regularly
counted
in
the
minimum

child-to-staff
ratio
established
by
the
department
by
rule.

c.
(1)
If
the
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
employed

at
a
child
care
home
or
a
child
development
home,
the
parent,

guardian,
or
custodian
does
not
provide
child
care
to
the

parent’s,
guardian’s,
or
custodian’s
own
child.

House
File
2514,
p.
2

(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
a
co-provider
at

a
child
development
home
may
qualify
for
state
child
care

assistance
if
the
co-provider
meets
all
requirements
specified

in
this
section
and
by
the
department
by
rule.

d.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
not
a
substitute
or

an
assistant
at
a
child
care
home
or
a
child
development
home.

e.
Based
on
the
department’s
evaluation
of
the
parent’s,

guardian’s,
or
custodian’s
application
for
state
child
care

assistance,
the
department
has
determined
the
parent,
guardian,

or
custodian
has
a
need
for
child
care.

f.
The
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
is
not
the
owner
of

the
child
care
facility
or
child
care
home
where
the
parent’s,

guardian’s,
or
custodian’s
child
is
enrolled.

2.
A
director,
co-director,
or
other
administrative

staff
member
of
a
child
care
facility
may
qualify
for
state

child
care
assistance
under
subsection
1
if
such
individual

is
regularly
counted
in
the
minimum
child-to-staff
ratio

established
by
the
department
by
rule.

3.
A
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
of
a
child
participating

in
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
pursuant
to

eligibility
established
under
this
section
shall
make

copayments
as
specified
by
the
department
by
rule.

4.
No
later
than
December
1
of
each
year,
the
department

shall
submit
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
relating
to

participation
in
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
under

this
section.
The
report
must
include
all
of
the
following:

a.
The
dollar
amount
of
state
moneys
spent
to
reimburse

child
care
providers
during
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal

year.

b.
The
dollar
amount
of
federal
moneys
spent
to
reimburse

child
care
providers
during
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal

year.

c.
The
dollar
amount
of
state
moneys
spent
on
administrative

costs
during
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal
year.

d.
The
dollar
amount
of
federal
moneys
spent
on

administrative
costs
during
the
immediately
preceding
fiscal

year.

e.
The
total
number
of
participating
families.

f.
The
total
number
of
participating
children.

House
File
2514,
p.
3

g.
The
average
gross
household
income
for
participating

families.

h.
The
number
of
participating
families
for
each
of
the

following
levels
of
gross
household
income:

(1)
Above
one
hundred
sixty
percent
but
below
one
hundred

eighty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.

(2)
At
or
above
one
hundred
eighty
percent
but
below
two

hundred
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.

(3)
At
or
above
two
hundred
percent
but
below
two
hundred

twenty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.

(4)
At
or
above
two
hundred
twenty
percent
but
below
two

hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level.

(5)
At
or
above
two
hundred
fifty
percent
of
the
federal

poverty
level.

5.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A

to
administer
this
section.

______________________________

PAT
GRASSLEY

Speaker
of
the
House

______________________________

AMY
SINCLAIR

President
of
the
Senate

I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and

is
known
as
House
File
2514,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.

______________________________

MEGHAN
NELSON

Chief
Clerk
of
the
House

Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________

KIM
REYNOLDS

Governor