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

1. (a)

   1. (1) A licensed child care program shall be paid subsidy payments based on monthly enrollment.
   2. (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. (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.
2. (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.