Title 4, Public Care Systems.

(a) Parents who receive day care services pursuant to § 4-404 [repealed] shall pay a portion of services according to the sliding scale set forth in subsection (b) of this section. (b) Increment Adjusted Income Parent Fee (Percent of Child Care Paid by Parent) 1 Under $8,020 Flat…

The Department shall be responsible for payment of day care fees to: (1) A child development home, after admission of a particular child, for its part of the appropriate rate for up to 15 consecutive days for that child when absence is caused by illness of the child or a change i…

An overpayment by the Department to a child development center, child development home, or to an in-home caregiver who is continuing to provide day care services shall be collectible in any amount.

The collection of an overpayment of not more than $25 may be waived for child development centers, child development homes, or in-home caregivers who are no longer providing day care services for the Department.

(a) Except as provided in § 4-410.02, the Department shall, on an annual basis, enter into contracts or agreements with licensed child development centers to provide day care services for children described in § 4-404.01. Payment for such services shall be on the following basis:…

(a) Except as provided in § 4-410.02, payments to child development homes and to in-home caregivers shall be made according to the following rates: (1) For full care: (A) Child development homes shall receive $12 per day for each child. (B) In-home caregivers shall receive $7.25 …

(a) OSSE shall make public its payment rates for child development facilities participating in the child care subsidy program by October 1 of each year. (b) Repealed. (c) By February 1, 2024, and on a triennial basis thereafter, OSSE shall conduct a cost modeling analysis to esti…

(a)(1) By October 1, 2024, and on a triennial basis thereafter, the Department shall establish child care subsidy payment rates for child development facilities providing care for infants, toddlers, and children ages birth to 5. (2) Subject to available appropriations, the child …

(a) There is established as a special fund the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund ("Fund"), which shall be a continuation of the fund established by § 1-325.431, and administered by the Department in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) The following funds sh…

Guidelines and standards for in-home care shall be as follows: (1) In-home care within the child’s own home, by an in-home caregiver, shall be used only when other day care plans are not feasible and in-home care offers greater benefits to the mother or other responsible relative…

(a) Any child development center or child development home that contracts or agrees with the Department to provide day care shall comply with all applicable provisions of Regulation No. 74-34 (Child Development Facilities Regulation). (b) Licenses issued to child development faci…

(a) The Department shall be responsible for monitoring the provision of day care services to assure that adequate services are provided to the children and that contractual and other agreements are met. (b) The Department shall develop and publish procedures that will assure that…

The Department is hereby authorized to make grants to private agencies that work with child development homes and to licensed child development centers for the purpose of developing or operating satellite child development home programs.

(a) Notwithstanding §§ 4-402 through 4-410, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (“OSSE”) shall establish a pilot community-based Quality Improvement Network (“QIN”) composed of: (1) Child development hubs, selected through a competitive process, that will provide …

(a) There is established by the Council an Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force ("Task Force"), which shall have, as of [November 10, 2025], the same members as the Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force established pursuant to Chapter 22…