SB 278

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 (primary), primary
• Franklin D. Cooke (primary), primary
• Sarah McBride (primary), primary
• Melanie Ross Levin (primary), primary
• Stell Parker Selby (primary), primary
• Claire Snyder-Hall (primary), primary
• Russell Huxtable (primary), primary
• Dave G. Lawson (primary), primary
• Josue O Ortega (primary), primary
• Spiros Mantzavinos (primary), primary
• Brian Pettyjohn (primary), primary
• Marie Pinkney (primary), primary
• Nicole Poore (primary), primary
• Bryant L. Richardson (primary), primary
• Ray Seigfried (primary), primary
• David P. Sokola (primary), primary
• Laura V. Sturgeon (primary), primary
• Bryan Townsend (primary), primary
• John "Jack" Walsh (primary), primary
• David L. Wilson (primary), primary
• Eric Morrison (primary), primary
• Edward S. Osienski (primary), primary
• Cyndie Romer (primary), primary