1. (a) Vendors must collect assessed parent fees before child care services are delivered. Fees must be collected at least monthly but may be prorated for payment on a more frequent basis. Vendors keep the fees collected.
2. (b) Vendors must also collect the child care subsidies parents receive from other state or federal programs.
3. (c) Vendors must notify the Child Care Management Services (CCMS) contractor when parents have not paid the parent fee and/or the child care subsidy.
4. (d) Vendors' collection of parent fees and child care subsidies will be monitored by the CCMS contractor.
5. (e) Failure on the part of vendors to collect parent fees or child care subsidies or to notify the CCMS when parent fees have not been paid may result in corrective or adverse action being taken against the vendor.

Source Note:The provisions of this §809.45 adopted to be effective August 25, 1997, 22 TexReg 7909.