Colorado 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 21-014 — Allocation Formula Colorado Child Care Program

Last action — Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The bill allows the state department of human services (state department), along with the child care allocation workgroup, to consider a utilization factor. This utilization factor would enable the state department to consider the volume of the eligible population and the service delivery cost to each county department of human or social services (county department) when allocating and distributing money for the Colorado child care assistance program (CCCAP). The bill further allows a county department to set its own eligibility levels for CCCAP, expressed as a percentage of the federal poverty level.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

33 added · 32 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment removes the requirement for counties to use the average of the three previous years of day care paid for families at or under one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level when determining child care assistance funding. It also changes the language regarding counties meeting statewide eligibility expectations for the CCCAP program to counties meeting or exceeding statewide minimum eligibility thresholds. This matters because it gives counties more flexibility in setting eligibility criteria for the program, potentially allowing them to respond better to local needs.

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First Regular Session Seventy-third General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO.
First Regular Session Seventy-third General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO PREAMENDED This Unofficial Version Includes Committee Amendments Not Yet Adopted on Second Reading LLS NO.
21-0599.01 Jane Ritter x4342 SENATE BILL 21-014 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Kirkmeyer, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP (None), Senate Committees House Committees Health & Human Services A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING CHANGES TO ALLOCATION FORMULAS FOR THE C OLORADO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM .
21-0599.01 Jane Ritter x4342 SENATE BILL 21-014 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Kirkmeyer, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP (None), Senate Committees House Committees Health & Human Services Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING CHANGES TO ALLOCATION FORMULAS FOR THE C OLORADO CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM .
(1) Startingwiththe2018-19statefiscalyear,orwhentherulesrequired bysubsection(2)(a)ofthissectionareestablished,whicheverislater,and subject to available appropriations, annuallyte department shall ANNUALLY establishtheamountofeachcounty'sblockgrantforCCCAP.
(1) Startingwiththe2018-19statefiscalyear,orwhentherulesrequired bysubsection(2)(a)ofthissectionareestablished,whicheverislater,and subject to available appropriations, annuallyate department shall ANNUALLY establishtheamountofeachcounty'sblockgrantforCCCAP.
TheblockgrantshallMUST bebaseduponeachcounty'spercentageofthe estimated total numberof childrenNCIALLY eligibletoparticipatein CCCAP, AND, WITHIN EACH COUNTY ,THE AVERAGE OF THE THREE PREVIOUSYEARSOFDAYSPAIDFORFAMILIESTHATAREATORUNDERONE HUNDRED EIGHTY -FIVE PERCENT OF THE FEDERALPOVERTY LEVE, times the appropriate reimbursement rate for each countyas determined bythe state required by section 26-2-803.
TheblockgrantshallMUST bebaseduponeachcounty'spercentageofthe estimated total numberof childrenNCIALLY eligibletoparticipatein CCCAP, times the appropriate reimbursement rate for each county as determined bythe state required bysection 26-2-803,INCLUDE EACH COUNTY S HISTORICAL UTILIZATION FACTOR.
(3.5) STARTING AFTER THE 2020-21 STATE FISCAL YEAR, A COUNTYTHATMEETSOREXCEEDSSTATEWIDEELIGIBILITYEXPECTATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR CCCAP MUST BE ALLOWED ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR TCCCAP PROGRAM WITHIN THAT COUNTY .
(3.5) S TARTING AFTER THE 2020-21 STATE FISCAL YEAR, A COUNTY THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS STATEWIDE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLDS ESTABLISHED FOR CCCAP MUST BE ALLOWED ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITYINDETERMININGTHE ELIGIBILITYCRITERIAFORTHE CCCAP PROGRAM WITHIN THAT COUNTY .
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Services - eligibility - assistance provided - waiting lists - rules - exceptions from cooperating with child support establishment.
Services - eligibility - assistance provided - waiting lists - rules - exceptions from cooperating with child support -2- 014 establishment.
(1) Subject to available appropriations and pursuant to rules promulgated by the state board for the implementation of this part 8, a county shall provide child care assistance to a participant or any person or familywhose income is not more thanone hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level.
(1) Subject to available appropriations and pursuant to rules promulgated by the state board for the implementation of this part 8, a county shall provide child care assistance to a participant or any person or familywhose incomeis not more than one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level.
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Action History

  1. Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely

  2. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations

  3. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Lay Over Amended

  4. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 21-014 do?
The bill allows the state department of human services (state department), along with the child care allocation workgroup, to consider a utilization factor. This utilization factor would enable the state department to consider the volume of the eligible population and the service delivery cost to each county department of human or social services (county department) when allocating and distributing money for the Colorado child care assistance program (CCCAP). The bill further allows a county department to set its own eligibility levels for CCCAP, expressed as a percentage of the federal poverty level.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Who sponsors SB 21-014?
SB 21-014 is sponsored by Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 21-014?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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