A bill for an act relating to state child care assistance for children of certain child care personnel.

HF 346 expands Iowa's state child care assistance program to cover children of parents working in child care. To qualify, parents must work at least 32 hours weekly providing direct child care at a registered facility or home (with HHS agreement), be counted in required staff ratios, and not care for their own child in home settings. Administrative staff like directors may qualify if they meet the staffing ratio requirement. Participants would pay income-based copayments, and the Department of Health and Human Services must implement the change without waiting lists for these applicants.