Amendment SA7-SSA2-SB70

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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 7, TO SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO SENATE BILL 70

June 28, 2023 - Offered by Senators Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch.

SB70-SSA2-SA7,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,1,2 1. Page 169, line 6: after that line insert: - See PDF for table

SB70-SSA2-SA7,1,5 2. Page 170, line 19: increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 by $19,000,000 and increase the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 by $19,000,000 for the child care quality improvement program under s. 49.133.

SB70-SSA2-SA7,1,6 3. Page 268, line 7: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,1,7 “ Section 1. 20.437 (2) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,1,9 20.437 (2) (c) Child care quality improvement program. The amounts in the schedule for the program under s. 49.133.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,1 4. Page 312, line 2: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,2 “ Section 2. 49.133 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,8 49.133 Child care quality improvement program. (1) The department may establish a program under which it may, from the appropriation under s. 20.437 (2) (c) and under s. 49.175 (1) (qm), make monthly payments and monthly per-child payments to child care providers certified under s. 48.651, child care centers licensed under s. 48.65, and child care programs established or contracted for by a school board under s. 120.13 (14).

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,11 (2) The department may promulgate rules to implement the program under this section, including establishing eligibility requirements and payment amounts and setting requirements for how recipients may use the payments.”.

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,12 5. Page 313, line 12: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,13 “ Section 3. 49.155 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

SB70-SSA2-SA7,4 Section 4. 49.155 (6) (e) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,17 49.155 (6) (e) 3. (intro.) The department may modify a child care provider's maximum payment rate under subd. 2. pars. (a) to (c) on the basis of the provider's quality rating, as described in the quality rating plan, in the following manner:”.

SB70-SSA2-SA7,2,18 6. Page 411, line 21: after that line insert:

SB70-SSA2-SA7,3,2 “(2a) Child care quality improvement program. Using the procedure under s. 227.24, the department of children and families may promulgate the rules authorized under s. 49.133 (2) as emergency rules. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the department of children and families is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.” .

SB70-SSA2-SA7,3,3 (End)