(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, all purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a contract entered into by a licensed child day-care center, licensed type A family day-care home, certified type B family day-care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool program, licensed school child program, or border state child care provider and the county department of job and family services. A county department of job and family services may enter into a contract with a provider for publicly funded child care for a specified period of time or upon a continuous basis for an unspecified period of time. All contracts for publicly funded child care shall be contingent upon the availability of state and federal funds. The department of job and family services shall prescribe a standard form to be used for all contracts for the purchase of publicly funded child care, regardless of the source of public funds used to purchase the child care. To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, or federal funds, all contracts for publicly funded child care shall be entered into in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and are exempt from any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, or federal funds.
(B) Each contract for publicly funded child care shall specify at least the following:
(1) That the provider of publicly funded child care agrees to be paid for rendering services at the lowest of the rate customarily charged by the provider for children enrolled for child care, the reimbursement ceiling or rate of payment established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the county department negotiates with the provider;
(2) That, if a provider provides child care to an individual potentially eligible for publicly funded child care who is subsequently determined to be eligible, the county department agrees to pay for all child care provided between the date the county department receives the individual’s completed application and the date the individual’s eligibility is determined;
(3) Whether the county department of job and family services, the provider, or a child care resource and referral service organization will make eligibility determinations, whether the provider or a child care resource and referral service organization will be required to collect information to be used by the county department to make eligibility determinations, and the time period within which the provider or child care resource and referral service organization is required to complete required eligibility determinations or to transmit to the county department any information collected for the purpose of making eligibility determinations;
(4) That the provider, other than a border state child care provider, shall continue to be licensed, approved, or certified pursuant to this chapter and shall comply with all standards and other requirements in this chapter and in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter for maintaining the provider’s license, approval, or certification;
(5) That, in the case of a border state child care provider, the provider shall continue to be licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by the state in which the provider is located and shall comply with all standards and other requirements established by that state for maintaining the provider’s license, certificate, or other approval;
(6) Whether the provider will be paid by the county department of job and family services , the state department of job and family services, or in some other manner as prescribed by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code;
(7) That the contract is subject to the availability of state and federal funds.
(C) Unless specifically prohibited by federal law or by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code, the county department of job and family services shall give individuals eligible for publicly funded child care the option of obtaining certificates for payment that the individual may use to purchase services from any provider qualified to provide publicly funded child care under section 5104.31 of the Revised Code. Providers of publicly funded child care may present these certificates for payment for reimbursement in accordance with rules that the director of job and family services shall adopt. Only providers may receive reimbursement for certificates for payment. The value of the certificate for payment shall be based on the lowest of the rate customarily charged by the provider, the reimbursement ceiling or rate of payment established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the county department negotiates with the provider. The county department may provide the certificates for payment to the individuals or may contract with child care providers or child care resource and referral service organizations that make determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care pursuant to contracts entered into under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code for the providers or resource and referral service organizations to provide the certificates for payment to individuals whom they determine are eligible for publicly funded child care.
For each six-month period a provider of publicly funded child care provides publicly funded child day-care to the child of an individual given certificates for payment, the individual shall provide the provider certificates for days the provider would have provided publicly funded child care to the child had the child been present. The maximum number of days providers shall be provided certificates shall not exceed ten days in a six-month period during which publicly funded child care is provided to the child regardless of the number of providers that provide publicly funded child care to the child during that period.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, all purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a contract entered into by a licensed child day-care center, licensed type A family day-care home, certified type B family day-care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool program, licensed school child program, or border state child care provider and the county department of job and family services. A county department of job and family services may enter into a contract with a provider for publicly funded child care for a specified period of time or upon a continuous basis for an unspecified period of time. All contracts for publicly funded child care shall be contingent upon the availability of state and federal funds. The department of job and family services shall prescribe a standard form to be used for all contracts for the purchase of publicly funded child care, regardless of the source of public funds used to purchase the child care. To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, or federal funds, all contracts for publicly funded child care shall be entered into in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and are exempt from any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, or federal funds.
(B) Each contract for publicly funded child care shall specify at least the following:
(1) That the provider of publicly funded child care agrees to be paid for rendering services at the lowest of the rate customarily charged by the provider for children enrolled for child care, the reimbursement ceiling or rate of payment established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the county department negotiates with the provider;
(2) That, if a provider provides child care to an individual potentially eligible for publicly funded child care who is subsequently determined to be eligible, the county department agrees to pay for all child care provided between the date the county department receives the individual’s completed application and the date the individual’s eligibility is determined;
(3) Whether the county department of job and family services, the provider, or a child care resource and referral service organization will make eligibility determinations, whether the provider or a child care resource and referral service organization will be required to collect information to be used by the county department to make eligibility determinations, and the time period within which the provider or child care resource and referral service organization is required to complete required eligibility determinations or to transmit to the county department any information collected for the purpose of making eligibility determinations;
(4) That the provider, other than a border state child care provider, shall continue to be licensed, approved, or certified pursuant to this chapter and shall comply with all standards and other requirements in this chapter and in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter for maintaining the provider’s license, approval, or certification;
(5) That, in the case of a border state child care provider, the provider shall continue to be licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by the state in which the provider is located and shall comply with all standards and other requirements established by that state for maintaining the provider’s license, certificate, or other approval;
(6) Whether the provider will be paid by the county department of job and family services , the state department of job and family services, or in some other manner as prescribed by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code;
(7) That the contract is subject to the availability of state and federal funds.
(C) Unless specifically prohibited by federal law or by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code, the county department of job and family services shall give individuals eligible for publicly funded child care the option of obtaining certificates for payment that the individual may use to purchase services from any provider qualified to provide publicly funded child care under section 5104.31 of the Revised Code. Providers of publicly funded child care may present these certificates for payment for reimbursement in accordance with rules that the director of job and family services shall adopt. Only providers may receive reimbursement for certificates for payment. The value of the certificate for payment shall be based on the lowest of the rate customarily charged by the provider, the reimbursement ceiling or rate of payment established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the county department negotiates with the provider. The county department may provide the certificates for payment to the individuals or may contract with child care providers or child care resource and referral service organizations that make determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care pursuant to contracts entered into under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code for the providers or resource and referral service organizations to provide the certificates for payment to individuals whom they determine are eligible for publicly funded child care.
For each six-month period a provider of publicly funded child care provides publicly funded child day-care to the child of an individual given certificates for payment, the individual shall provide the provider certificates for days the provider would have provided publicly funded child care to the child had the child been present. The maximum number of days providers shall be provided certificates shall not exceed ten days in a six-month period during which publicly funded child care is provided to the child regardless of the number of providers that provide publicly funded child care to the child during that period.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, all purchases of publicly funded child care shall be made under a contract entered into by a licensed child day-care center, licensed type A family day-care home, certified type B family day-care home, certified in-home aide, approved child day camp, licensed preschool program, licensed school child program, or border state child care provider and the county department of job and family services. A county department of job and family services may enter into a contract with a provider for publicly funded child care for a specified period of time or upon a continuous basis for an unspecified period of time. All contracts for publicly funded child care shall be contingent upon the availability of state and federal funds. The department of job and family services shall prescribe a standard form to be used for all contracts for the purchase of publicly funded child care, regardless of the source of public funds used to purchase the child care. To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, or federal funds, all contracts for publicly funded child care shall be entered into in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and are exempt from any other provision of the Revised Code that regulates state or county contracts or contracts involving the expenditure of state, county, or federal funds.
(B) Each contract for publicly funded child care shall specify at least the following:
(1) That the provider of publicly funded child care agrees to be paid for rendering services at the lowest of the rate customarily charged by the provider for children enrolled for child care, the reimbursement ceiling or rate of payment established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the county department negotiates with the provider;
(2) That, if a provider provides child care to an individual potentially eligible for publicly funded child care who is subsequently determined to be eligible, the county department agrees to pay for all child care provided between the date the county department receives the individual’s completed application and the date the individual’s eligibility is determined;
(3) Whether the county department of job and family services, the provider, or a child care resource and referral service organization will make eligibility determinations, whether the provider or a child care resource and referral service organization will be required to collect information to be used by the county department to make eligibility determinations, and the time period within which the provider or child care resource and referral service organization is required to complete required eligibility determinations or to transmit to the county department any information collected for the purpose of making eligibility determinations;
(4) That the provider, other than a border state child care provider, shall continue to be licensed, approved, or certified pursuant to this chapter and shall comply with all standards and other requirements in this chapter and in rules adopted pursuant to this chapter for maintaining the provider’s license, approval, or certification;
(5) That, in the case of a border state child care provider, the provider shall continue to be licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by the state in which the provider is located and shall comply with all standards and other requirements established by that state for maintaining the provider’s license, certificate, or other approval;
(6) Whether the provider will be paid by the county department of job and family services , the state department of job and family services, or in some other manner as prescribed by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code;
(7) That the contract is subject to the availability of state and federal funds.
(C) Unless specifically prohibited by federal law or by rules adopted under section 5104.42 of the Revised Code, the county department of job and family services shall give individuals eligible for publicly funded child care the option of obtaining certificates for payment that the individual may use to purchase services from any provider qualified to provide publicly funded child care under section 5104.31 of the Revised Code. Providers of publicly funded child care may present these certificates for payment for reimbursement in accordance with rules that the director of job and family services shall adopt. Only providers may receive reimbursement for certificates for payment. The value of the certificate for payment shall be based on the lowest of the rate customarily charged by the provider, the reimbursement ceiling or rate of payment established pursuant to section 5104.30 of the Revised Code, or a rate the county department negotiates with the provider. The county department may provide the certificates for payment to the individuals or may contract with child care providers or child care resource and referral service organizations that make determinations of eligibility for publicly funded child care pursuant to contracts entered into under section 5104.34 of the Revised Code for the providers or resource and referral service organizations to provide the certificates for payment to individuals whom they determine are eligible for publicly funded child care.
For each six-month period a provider of publicly funded child care provides publicly funded child day-care to the child of an individual given certificates for payment, the individual shall provide the provider certificates for days the provider would have provided publicly funded child care to the child had the child been present. The maximum number of days providers shall be provided certificates shall not exceed ten days in a six-month period during which publicly funded child care is provided to the child regardless of the number of providers that provide publicly funded child care to the child during that period.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.
