3.0.0 668 2023-01-15T23:03:28Z 2023-01-15T23:03:28Z Senate S S 2003-03-19 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-03-20T01:33:10Z 2003-03-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4019-4020) IntroReferral 2003-03-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4018-4019) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-03-19 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-03-19 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-03-19 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2003-06-19 False Families Appropriations Authorization Block grants Congress Congressional reporting requirements Day care Disabled Economics and Public Finance Evaluation research (Social action programs) Federal aid to Indians Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Indian children Internet Minorities Poor children Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Surveys Families 00 2003-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires States to conduct market rate surveys, at least once every two years, to determine their child care payment rates under the block grant program, including cost-of-living adjustments and consideration of variations in localities, children's ages, and types of services.

Establishes a program of incentive grants to States and Indian tribes to improve the quality of, and access to, child care by increasing child care payment rates. Makes separate appropriations for such incentive grants in specified amounts for FY 2004 through FY 2008 (prohibiting use of block grant funds for such incentive grants).

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an annual incentive grant payment to an eligible State only if the State has conducted a statistically valid survey of the market rates for child care services in the State within the two years before it submits an application containing information on such survey and the State's plans to increase its child care payment rates. Requires an eligible State that receives such a grant to make priority use of its funds to increase significantly (up to the 100th percentile of the market rate survey) the rate of reimbursement to providers for subsidized child care (with any remaining funds to be used to improve the quality of child care services). Requires a State matching contribution of at least 20 percent of incentive grant program activity costs.]]>

Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2003 Display Title Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-03-19T05:00:00Z 2003-03-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4019-4020) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.