1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services; directing commissioner of management and budget to 
1.3 	forecast the basic sliding fee child care assistance program; appropriating money 
1.4 	to fund the basic sliding fee child care assistance program.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
 1.7 	The state obligation for the basic sliding fee child care assistance program under 
1.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03, must be included in the Minnesota Management and 
1.9 	Budget February and November forecast of state revenues and expenditures under Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 16A.103, beginning with the November 2019 forecast, to ensure access to 
1.11 	child care assistance program services for all eligible applicants.

1.12 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; BASIC SLIDING FEE CHILD CARE PROGRAM.
 1.13 	$....... in fiscal year 2020 and $....... in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the general 
1.14 	fund to the commissioner of human services for the purposes of funding the basic sliding 
1.15 	fee child care assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03, to eliminate 
1.16 	the wait list for child care assistance program services.