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Committee hears debate on shifting childcare subsidy to provider-specific rates under SB 5310
Summary
The Ways & Means Committee received a staff briefing and public testimony on Feb. 3 on Senate Bill 5310, which would change how the Working Connections Child Care subsidy reimburses providers by moving from 56 broad rate categories to provider-specific rates and reimbursing at the lesser of a provider’s private pay rate or the 75th percentile of market.
The Ways & Means Committee received a staff briefing and public testimony on Feb. 3 on Senate Bill 5310, which would change how the Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) subsidy reimburses providers by moving from 56 broad rate categories to provider-specific rates and reimbursing at the lesser of a provider’s private pay rate or the 75th percentile of market.
Josh Inman, staff to the committee, briefed members that current statute requires subsidy rates to approximate the 85th percentile of market based on a triennial market-rate survey, and that SB 5310 would lower the program’s reimbursement methodology and make rates specific to each provider. Inman described a fiscal note that shows a…
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