Bill Summary for H 651 (2025-2026)

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Apr 3 2025

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 651 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 1, 2025
AN ACT TO REDUCE PARENT COPAYMENTS FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Intro. by Lofton, von Haefen, Prather, Helfrich.

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Amends Section 9D.3.(b) of SL 2023-134 to lower the fees required from parents purchasing subsidized child care services from 10% to 7% of gross family income.

Appropriates $25,000,000 in recurring funds from the General Fund for each year of the 2025-2027 biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, to implement the reduction in fees required by the act.

Effective July 1, 2025.