1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; modifying child care assistance payments for 
1.3 	providers with Parent Aware ratings; appropriating money for the child care 
1.4 	assistance program and child care provider training;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2014, section 119B.13, subdivision 3b.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 119B.13, subdivision 3b, is amended to 
1.8 	read:
1.9 		Subd. 3b.Provider rate differential for Parent Aware. A family child care 
1.10 	provider or child care center shall be paid a five percent differential if they hold a one-star 
1.11 	Parent Aware rating, a ten percent differential if they hold a two-star Parent Aware rating, 
1.12 	a 15 percent differential if they hold a three-star Parent Aware rating, or a 20 percent 
1.13 	differential if they hold a four-star Parent Aware rating. A five percent, ten percent, 15 
1.14 	percent, or 20 percent rate differential must be paid above the maximum rate established 
1.15 	in subdivision 1, up to the actual provider rate.

1.16 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.17 	(a) $....... is appropriated for the 2016-2017 biennium from the general fund to the 
1.18 	commissioner of human services for provider rate differentials for providers with a one-star 
1.19 	or two-star Parent Aware rating under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.13, subdivision 3b.
1.20 	(b) $....... is appropriated for the 2016-2017 biennium from the general fund to 
1.21 	the commissioner of human services for grants to expand training for family child care 
1.22 	providers and child care centers to increase the number of providers and centers receiving 
1.23 	quality ratings in the quality rating and improvement system under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.24 	section 124D.142.