1. (a) A Board shall ensure that reimbursement for child care is paid only to the provider.
2. (b) A Board shall ensure that a relative child care provider is not reimbursed for days on which the child is absent.
3. (c) A relative child care provider shall not be reimbursed for more children than permitted by the DFPS minimum regulatory standards for Registered Child Care Homes. A Board may permit more children to be cared for by a relative child care provider on a case-by-case basis as determined by the Board.
4. (d) A Board shall not reimburse providers that are debarred from other state or federal programs unless and until the debarment is removed.

5. (e) Unless otherwise determined by the Board and approved by the Commission for automated reporting purposes, reimbursement for child care is based on the unit of service delivered, as follows:

   1. (1) A full-day unit of service is 6 to 12 hours of care provided within a 24-hour period; and
   2. (2) A part-day unit of service is fewer than 6 hours of care provided within a 24-hour period.
6. (f) A Board or its child care contractor shall ensure that providers are not paid for holding spaces open except as consistent with attendance policies as established by the Board.

7. (g) A Board or the Board's child care contractor shall not pay providers:

   1. (1) less, when a child enrolled full time occasionally attends for a part day; or
   2. (2) more, when a child enrolled part time occasionally attends for a full day.
8. (h) The Board or its child care contractor shall not reimburse a provider retroactively for new Board maximum reimbursement rates or new provider published rates.
9. (i) A Board or its child care contractor shall ensure that the parent's travel time to and from the child care facility and the parent's work, school, or job training site is included in determining whether to authorize reimbursement for full-day or part-day care under subsection (e) of this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §809.93 adopted to be effective January 29, 2007, 32 TexReg 336; amended to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 155.