GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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SENATE BILL 692

Short Title:      Reduce Parent Copays/Subsidized Child Care.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Mohammed, Batch, and Murdock (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate

March 26, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to reduce parent copayments for subsidized child care.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 9D.3(b) of S.L. 2023‑134 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 9D.3.(b)  Fees for families who are required to share in the cost of care are established based on ten percent (10%) five percent (5%) of gross family income. When care is received at the blended rate, the copayment shall be eighty‑three percent (83%) of the full‑time copayment. Copayments for part‑time care shall be seventy‑five percent (75%) of the full‑time copayment."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.