A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for prorated co‑payments for part‑time subsidized child care and revise the definition of income unit in the child care subsidy policy to no longer include nonparent relative caretaker.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 12B.3 of S.L. 2014‑100 reads as rewritten:
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"SECTION 12B.3.(b)  Beginning July 1, 2015, fees for families who are required to share in the cost of care shall be established based on ten percent (10%) of gross family income. Co‑payments shall be prorated at fifty percent (50%) of the full parent fee for part‑time care equal to or less than 25 hours per week."
"SECTION 12B.3.(b1)  Effective July 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, shall revise its child care subsidy policy to include in the policy's definition of "income unit" a parent, stepparent, and the stepparent's child, if applicable.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015.