Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Onder
In Committee
Summary
Creates a required three-year federal review cycle of State child care program performance. The bill would let the Secretary designate States as "high risk" for repeated audit problems, failed corrective action plans, or State plan noncompliance and require extra monitoring for those States.
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- States: States receiving Child Care and Development Block Grant assistance would face a comprehensive performance review every 3 years. States with a high level of unresolved or repeated adverse audit findings, repeated failures on corrective action plans, or repeated noncompliance with approved State plans could be labeled high risk and subjected to additional monitoring.
- Families and providers: Child care programs would be subject to a formal, predictable oversight schedule that could change how States track and fix compliance issues. The bill does not itself change funding, eligibility, or benefit rules for families or providers.
- Federal oversight and scope: The Secretary of Health and Human Services would perform the reviews and apply the high-risk designation using criteria tied to Sections 658K(b), 659J(c), and 658E(c). The measure does not create new funding, allocations, phase-ins, sunset rules, or separate programs beyond the monitoring mandate.
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More oversight for federal child care
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to review every State that gets federal child care funds at 3-year intervals. The Secretary would label a State "high risk" if it has a high level of unresolved or repeated adverse audit findings under subsection (b); a high level of unresolved issues or repeated failures to carry out corrective action plans under section 659J(c); or unresolved or repeat findings of noncompliance with the State plan approved under section 658E(c). States designated high risk would be subject to additional federal monitoring as the Secretary determines. The bill does not provide new funding or change who qualifies for child care help.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Onder
MO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
LA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
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