A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the division of child development and early education within the department of health and human services to study and report on the allocation of child care subsidies, as recommended by the joint legislative oversight committee on health and human services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, shall study the allocation of child care subsidies, in particular for families that move from one county to another. While conducting this study, the Division shall seek input from the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. The Division shall evaluate and make recommendations on the following:
(1)	A statewide approach to the funding allocation for the subsidized child care program.
(2)	The impact of a statewide funding approach to funding on children who are on the waiting list.
(3)	Mechanisms by which funding may follow an eligible child who moves from one county to another such that the child has uninterrupted child care and is not relegated to the bottom of the new county's child care subsidy waiting list.
(4)	Provisions to protect the funding for eligible children who receive child care subsidies in counties in which new eligible children move, as described in subdivision (3) of this section.
(5)	Any other relevant issues the Division deems appropriate.
SECTION 2.  The Division shall report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on or before December 1, 2016.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.