HB 2913 — supplemental appropriations; child care facilities

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HBchild care facilities         State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session       HOUSE BILL 2913 Floor  Amendment  Udall  1.AN ACT   Appropriating monies for child care facilities.

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Appropriatesdepartment $13,600,000 to the Department of Economiceconomic Securitysecurity; (DES) from the CCDF for Arizona enrichment centers.

3.department of health services;

Requires DES to consider a child care facility'sfacilities; demonstrated need and all sources of financial assistance the facility has received related to the coronavirus disease 2019 for basing the forgivable loan amounts.

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Allowsrulemaking DESexemption A.  In addition to enterany intoother anappropriations interagencymade agreementin forfiscal administeringyear any2019-2020, portionthe offollowing sums are appropriated from the forgivablefederal loans.child care development fund block grant in fiscal year 2019‑2020 to the following departments for child care facilities:

5.1.  $51,405,835 to the department of economic security to provide forgivable loans on a statewide basis to licensed child care facilities that provide child care services for at least six months after receiving a loan and that spend the monies for any of the following purposes:

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"2.2.  $13,600,000 to the department of economic security for Arizona enrichment centers.

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"D.B.  The department of economic security shall:

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MH2.  Prorate the loan repayment on a monthly basis for any licensed child care facility that does not remain operational for the time period specified in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section.

C.  The department of economic security and the department of health services may spend the monies appropriated in subsection A of this section in fiscal years 2019‑2020 and 2020‑2021.

D.  The department of economic security may enter into an interagency agreement for administering any portion of the forgivable loans pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 and subsection B of this section.

E.  On or before August 1, 2020, February 1, 2021 and August 1, 2021, the department of economic security and the department of health services shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee that includes the following information relating to subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 3 of this section:

1.  Total expenditures by each department.

2.  Expenditures by each department categorized by the type of licensed child care facility, the county of each child care facility and how the monies were spent by each child care facility, if applicable.

3.  From the department of economic security, the amount of the loan that was repaid by each licensed child care facility that received a loan pursuant to this section and that did not remain operational for the time period specified in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section and the county of each child care facility subject to the loan repayment.

F.  For the purposes of this section, the department of economic security and the department of health services are exempt from the rulemaking requirements of title 41, chapters 6 and 6.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, for one year after the effective date of this act.