Part 1. General Authority and Duties of the Department of Human Services

§49-2-113a. Child care support.

(a) (1) A licensed child care program shall be paid subsidy payments based on monthly enrollment.

(2) The Department of Human Services shall review quarterly, and make ineligible for the subsidy a parent whose child does not attend a child care program on average of at least 8 days per month.

(3) For the purposes of this subsection, “day” means a child has attended a child care program for 4 hours, or an out of school time program for 2.5 hours.

(b) The department shall use a cost of care modeling tool to determine the amount the subsidy, and report to the Joint Committee on Health by December 1, 2026.