DCF 201.04(2)(ag)2.2. An assessment of the assistance group’s child care needs is required under s. DCF 201.039 (1) (c) and the child care administrative agency issues an authorization for fewer hours. DCF 201.04(2)(ar)(ar) Reduction in provider quality rating. The reduction of a parent’s child care subsidy payment following a reduction in the quality rating of the parent’s provider from a 3-star rating under s. 49.155 (6) (e) 3. c., Stats., to a 2-star rating under s. 49.155 (6) (e) 3. b., Stats., may not become effective until the parent’s next eligibility redetermination. DCF 201.04(2h)(a)(a) The department shall pay the lower of a provider’s registration fee for a child or the department’s maximum registration fee amount. DCF 201.04(2h)(b)(b) The department shall set a schedule for maximum registration fee amounts in Table DCF 201.04. Maximum fee amounts shall fully cover mandatory registration fees charged by at least 75 percent of providers who respond to the survey conducted under s. DCF 201.06 (2). DCF 201.04(2h)(c)(c) The department may adjust Table DCF 201.04 to reflect any of the following factors: DCF 201.04(2h)(c)2.2. Increased alignment with provider fee practices indicated in the survey under s. DCF 201.06 (2), including variation in fee amounts based on region of the state, children’s ages, or provider regulation type. DCF 201.04(2h)(c)5.5. A change in economic factors affecting the cost of child care to the state, such as an increase in demand for the child care subsidy program. DCF 201.04(2h)(c)6.6. Insufficient funding to meet the needs of all eligible families applying for or receiving a child care subsidy. DCF 201.04(2h)(d)(d) The department shall publish adjustments to the maximum registration fee schedule in the Wisconsin administrative register. DCF 201.04(2h)(e)(e) The department shall pay no more than 2 registration fees per child in any 12-month period. DCF 201.04(2r)(a)(a) Electronic. The department may issue all payments under subs. (2) and (2h) by electronic funds transfer. DCF 201.04(2r)(b)(b) Expiration. A subsidy payment issued to a parent under sub. (2) or (2h) shall expire 90 days after the date that the department issues the payment. DCF 201.04(2r)(c)(c) Billing and collecting. A parent’s child care provider is responsible for billing and collecting payment for child care services from the parent. DCF 201.04(3)(3) Inactive account. The department may terminate a parent’s authorization and retract all child care subsidy funds in the parent’s account if the parent has not paid any of the child care subsidy to the provider within the previous 90 days. DCF 201.04(4)(4) Intentional program violation. A child care administrative agency shall consider a parent’s attempt to sell access to the parent’s child care subsidy account to an unauthorized person to be an intentional program violation under s. 49.151 (2), Stats. DCF 201.04(5)(a)1.1. A child care administrative agency or the department shall take all reasonable steps necessary to recover from a parent funds paid to a child care provider or to that parent when the parent was not eligible for that level of payment under the child care subsidy program and the overpayment benefited the parent by causing the parent to pay less for child care expenses than the parent otherwise would have been required to pay under the requirements of the child care subsidy program. Section DCF 101.23 shall apply to overpayment collection from a parent under this section. DCF 201.04(5)(a)2.2. An overpayment shall include excess child care funds paid when there was a change in family eligibility circumstances that was significant enough that it would have resulted in a smaller child care subsidy payment or ineligibility for the child care subsidy program due to any reason, including the following: DCF 201.04(5)(a)2.a.a. The parent failed to report a change in circumstances that may affect his or her eligibility within 10 days after the change.
