| (a) A Board shall ensure that reimbursement for child
care is paid only to the provider.
(b) A Board or its child care contractor shall reimburse
a regulated provider based on a child's monthly enrollment authorization,
excluding periods of suspension at the concurrence of the parent,
as described in §809.51(d) of this chapter.
(c) A Board shall ensure that a relative child care
provider is not reimbursed for days on which the child is absent.
(d) A relative child care provider shall not be reimbursed
for more children than permitted by the CCR minimum regulatory standards
for Registered Child Care Homes. A Board may permit more children
to be cared for by a relative child care provider on a case-by-case
basis as determined by the Board.
(e) A Board shall not reimburse providers that are
debarred from other state or federal programs unless and until the
debarment is removed.
(f) Unless otherwise determined by the Board and approved
by the Commission for automated reporting purposes, the monthly enrollment
authorization described in subsection (b) of this section is based
on the unit of service authorized, as follows:
(1) A full-day unit of service is 6 to 12 hours of
care provided within a 24-hour period;
(2) A part-day unit of service is fewer than 6 hours
of care provided within a 24-hour period; and
(3) A blended-day unit of service is for a child enrolled
in a school program, pre-K, HS, or EHS in which child care is part-day
with care provided occasionally on a full-day basis.
(g) A Board or its child care contractor shall ensure
that providers are not paid for holding spaces open without a valid
contracted slots agreement, as described in §809.96 of this chapter.
(h) The Board or its child care contractor shall not
reimburse a provider retroactively for new Board maximum reimbursement
rates or new provider published rates.
(i) A Board or its child care contractor shall ensure
that the parent's travel time to and from the child care facility
and the parent's work, school, or job training site is included in
determining the enrollment authorized under subsection (f) of this
section.
(j) Effective December 1, 2023, a Board shall pay regulated
child care providers prospectively every two weeks based on the enrollment
authorization described in subsection (b) of this section.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §809.93 adopted to be effective January 29, 2007, 32 TexReg 336; amended to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 155; amended to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 7529; amended to be effective August 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 4774; amended to be effective July 6, 2020, 45 TexReg 4528; amended to be effective January 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 593; amended to be effective October 3, 2022, 47 TexReg 6437 |
