Child Care: New Rules to Prevent Fraud and Track Attendance
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While both parties want to stop fraud, the new requirements for fingerprinting and strict documentation are often seen as too difficult for families and small businesses to follow.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
The bill creates a permanent federal database naming child care providers a court has found committed fraud, and bans those individuals or their programs from ever receiving federal child care funding again while listed. This is a narrow group of providers with fraud convictions, but the ban is total and lasts for the length of their state disqualification.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Introduced in Senate
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U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli introduced the STOP Child Care Fraud Act to require states to disclose internal controls and verify eligibility for child care subsidies. The bill aims to ensure state agencies coordinate data to catch fraudulent payments.
U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Salem, introduced legislation to require states to explain how they coordinate data and processes to catch potential fraud in childcare oversight. The proposal would require each state to provide a description of internal controls to ensure program integrity.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
STOP Child Care Fraud Act
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