Sec. 2308.315. REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR CHILD CARE. (a) Each board shall establish graduated reimbursement rates for child care based on the commission's Texas Rising Star Program.
(b) The minimum reimbursement rate for a Texas Rising Star Program provider must be greater than the maximum rate established for a provider who is not a Texas Rising Star Program provider for the same category of care. The reimbursement rate must be:
(1) at least five percent higher for a provider with a two-star rating;
(2) at least seven percent higher for a provider with a three-star rating; and
(3) at least nine percent higher for a provider with a four-star rating.
(c) The Texas Rising Star Program rate differential established in this section shall be funded with federal child care development funds.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a board may not reimburse a provider under the reimbursement rates provided by Subsection (b) before the date any revisions to rules recommended by the Texas Rising Star Program review work group under Section 2308.321 are adopted by the commission.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1576, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 241 (H.B. 376), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
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