California Education Code ARTICLE 3 - Alternative Payment Programs

• Section 8220.
  Upon the approval of the State Department of Education, funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter may be used for alternative payment programs to...
• Section 8220.1.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that:(1) Working families be supported with maximum access to child care and development programs that focus on stabilizing families...
• Section 8220.2.
  Alternative payment programs shall serve an identifiable geographic area approved by the State Department of Education. The service area may be delineated by jurisdictional city...
• Section 8220.5.
  To offer maximum support for parents and providers, alternative payment programs shall have access to resource and referral services. Funding shall be adequate to purchase...
• Section 8221.
  Alternative payments may be made for services provided in licensed centers and family day care homes, for care provided in the child’s home, and for...
• Section 8221.5.
  (a) Child care providers authorized to provide services pursuant to this article shall submit to the alternative payment program a monthly attendance record or invoice for...
• Section 8222.
  (a) Payments made by alternative payment programs shall not exceed the applicable market rate ceiling. Alternative payment programs may expend more than the standard reimbursement rate...
• Section 8222.1.
  Out of funds appropriated in accordance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 8278 for alternative payment programs, the department shall reallocate funds as...
• Section 8223.
  The reimbursement for alternative payment programs shall include the cost of child care paid to child care providers plus the administrative and support services costs...
• Section 8224.
  The audits for such agencies shall include, but not be limited to, a sampling of the evidence of fees charged to, and paid by, families...
• Section 8225.
  When making referrals, every agency operating both a direct service program and an alternative payment program shall provide at least four referrals, at least one...
• Section 8226.
  (a) When making referrals, every program operating pursuant to this article shall provide information to any person who requests a child care referral of his or...
• Section 8227.
  (a) To the extent that funding is made available for this purpose through the annual Budget Act, the alternative payment agency in each county shall design,...
• Section 8227.2.
  (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2019, an alternative payment program shall establish a program of electronic banking for payments made to licensed or license-exempt child...
• Section 8227.3.
  (a) Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this article may maintain records electronically, in compliance with state and federal standards, as...
• Section 8227.5.
  Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this article may use a digital signature that complies with state and federal standards,...
• Section 8227.6.
  Alternative payment programs and providers operating or providing services pursuant to this article may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if...
• Section 8227.7.
  (a) Commencing July 1, 2019, alternative payment programs shall provide notice to a child care provider of a change in reimbursement amounts for child care services,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018