GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 229*

Short Title:  Day Care Eligibility Increase/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Richardson, Forrester, Plexico, and Walker.
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Referred to:  Children and Human Resources.
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February 18, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AID PARENTS OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN NEEDING DAY CARE TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING THE VERY CHILD CARE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THIS SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective July 1, 1993, eligibility limits for State and federal child day care subsidies are increased as follows:
(1)	For families already receiving subsidies, to seventy-five percent (75%) of median income; and
(2)	For families initially needing subsidies on or after this date, one economic "notch" above their current eligibility level.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources, Division of Facility Services, Day Care Section the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to implement this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.