Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Session
- 153
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-05-06 00:00:00
Alternate titles
- DHSS/Purchase of Care/Regulations/Summer Care short title
Source-supplied abstracts
Like Senate Bill No. 278, Senate Substitute No. 1 for SB 278 requires that the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) regulations for Purchase of Care (POC), this State's child care assistance program, provide authorization for a child care provider that a child will attend during the summer at any time after January 1 because current regulations do not provide authorization for summer care early enough for families to enroll children in summer camps before camps are full. SS 1 for SB 278 differs from SB 278 as follows: • Does not codify the POC eligibility for children in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families. • Revises the requirement that a summer child care provider must be authorized after January 1 so it clearly applies to all children receiving POC assistance. • Clarifies that an authorization for a summer child care provider must be provided in addition to all provider authorizations for the child’s care during the school year. Like SB 278, SS 1 for SB 278 does all of the following: • Adds the name of this State's child care assistance program, "Purchase of Care" or "POC" to Chapter 5 of Title 31. • Codifies the current policy that parent copayments are determined based on household size and income. • Requires that parent copayments also be based on whether the child receives assistance for a full or half day of child care. • Provides that the authorization for a summer child care provider provided in advance of attendance may be for purposes of enrollment only and is subject to meeting eligibility requirements at the time the child attends. • Makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. This Act is effective immediately because under § 10113 of Title 29, amendments that make existing regulations consistent with changes in basic law are exempt from the procedural requirements under the Administrative Procedures Act.
Sponsors
- Trey Paradee (primary), primary
- Kerri Evelyn Harris (primary), primary
- Darius J. Brown, cosponsor
- Eric Buckson, cosponsor
- Daniel Cruce, cosponsor
- Stephanie L. Hansen, cosponsor
- Gerald W. Hocker, cosponsor
- Kyra L. Hoffner, cosponsor
- Russell Huxtable, cosponsor
- Dave G. Lawson, cosponsor
- S. Elizabeth Lockman, cosponsor
- Spiros Mantzavinos, cosponsor
- Brian Pettyjohn, cosponsor
- Marie Pinkney, cosponsor
- Nicole Poore, cosponsor
- Bryant L. Richardson, cosponsor
- Ray Seigfried, cosponsor
- David P. Sokola, cosponsor
- Laura V. Sturgeon, cosponsor
- Bryan Townsend, cosponsor
- John "Jack" Walsh, cosponsor
- David L. Wilson, cosponsor
- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha, cosponsor
- Debra Heffernan, cosponsor
- Kendra Johnson, cosponsor
- Larry Lambert, cosponsor
- Eric Morrison, cosponsor
- Edward S. Osienski, cosponsor
- Cyndie Romer, cosponsor
- Kamela T Smith, cosponsor