SB388 - Revises provisions relating to the Program for Child Care and Development. (BDR 38-76)

S.B. 388 - *SB388* SENATE BILL NO. 388–SENATOR CANNIZZARO MARCH 17, 2025 ____________ Referred to Committee on Finance SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the Program for Child Care and Development. (BDR 38-76) FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No. Effect on the State: Yes. ~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. AN ACT relating to health care; revising provisions relating to cost- sharing requirements for families receiving assistance under the Program for Child Care and Development; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel’s Digest: Existing federal law establishes the Child Care and Development Block Grant 1 Act of 1990, a program that provides block grants to states to provide child care 2 services for certain children. (42 U.S.C. §§ 9857 et seq.) To receive such a block 3 grant, a state is required to submit a state plan that meets certain requirements and 4 outlines the services that the state proposes to fund using the grant. (42 U.S.C. § 5 9858c) Existing Nevada law requires the Department of Health and Human 6 Services to administer the Program for Child Care and Development in this State. 7 (NRS 422A.338) Under existing federal law, the state plan for the Program is 8 required to include, among other requirements, a sliding fee scale that provides for 9 cost sharing by the families that receive assistance under the Program. (42 U.S.C. § 10 9858c(c)(5)) This bill: (1) requires that the sliding fee scale provide that no cost 11 sharing is required for a family with an income in one of the four lowest brackets of 12 the sliding fee scale; and (2) provides that such cost sharing must not exceed 5 13 percent of the gross income of the family. 14 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. NRS 422A.630 is hereby amended to read as 1 follows: 2 422A.630 1. To the extent authorized by federal law, the 3 Director shall include in the state plan established for the Program 4 for Child Care and Development pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 9858c: 5 – 2 – - *SB388* (a) Measures to increase the availability of child care for 1 children with a disability, which may include, without limitation: 2 (1) An enhanced rate of reimbursement for child care 3 provided to a child with a disability by a provider that receives any 4 training or technical assistance deemed appropriate by the Director 5 for the care of that child; 6 (2) Other economic incentives for such child care; or 7 (3) The provision of supplemental services to child care 8 facilities or persons who provide child care for the purpose of 9 increasing access to child care for children with disabilities. 10 (b) A requirement that, to the extent of money available, the 11 Program provide reimbursement for a portion of the cost of child 12 care provided to the child of a parent who is: 13 (1) Enrolled in an educational or vocational program that 14 awards a degree or certificate at a postsecondary educational 15 institution or eligible institution; and 16 (2) Otherwise eligible to participate in the Program. 17 (c) A cost-sharing requirement for families receiving 18 assistance under the Program that must: 19 (1) Be based on a sliding fee scale of cost-sharing 20 requirements pursuant to which no cost sharing is required for a 21 family with an income in one of the four lowest income brackets 22 on the sliding fee scale. 23 (2) Not exceed 5 percent of the gross income of the family. 24 2. On or before April of each even-numbered year, the Director 25 shall submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for 26 transmittal to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and 27 Human Services and the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the 28 Judiciary a report which must include: 29 (a) A description of the measures included in the state plan 30 pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1; and 31 (b) Data concerning the usage of reimbursements pursuant to 32 paragraph (b) of subsection 1. 33 3. As used in this section: 34 (a) “Eligible institution” has the meaning ascribed to it in 35 NRS 396.916. 36 (b) “Postsecondary educational institution” has the meaning 37 ascribed to it in NRS 394.099. 38 Sec. 2. 1. This section becomes effective upon passage and 39 approval. 40 2. Section 1 of this act becomes effective: 41 (a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 42 regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative 43 tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 44 – 3 – - *SB388* (b) On October 1, 2025, for all other purposes. 1 H