HB 2031 — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for subsidized child care and notification requirements.

PRINTER'S NO.     2590

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2031
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, McANDREW, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL,
        MERSKI, HOWARD, BOYD, CIRESI AND GREEN, NOVEMBER 13, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, NOVEMBER 13, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
 2      act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
 3      welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
 4      providing for subsidized child care and notification
 5      requirements.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
 9   as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
10   read:
11      Section 403.3.    Subsidized Child Care and Notification
12   Requirements.--(a)    Notwithstanding 55 Pa. Code § 3042.151(a)
13   (relating to general notification requirements), the eligibility
14   agency shall issue written notification to the parent or
15   caretaker no later than thirty calendar days prior to taking an
16   action that affects the family's eligibility status for
17   subsidized child care or a change in the amount of the family's
18   subsidized child care benefit.
19      (b)   As used in this section, the following words and phrases
 1   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
 2   the context clearly indicates otherwise:
 3      "Caretaker" means a "caretaker" as defined in 55 Pa. Code §
 4   3042.3 (relating to definitions).
 5      "Eligibility agency" means an "eligibility agency" as defined
 6   in 55 Pa. Code § 3042.3.
 7      "Family" means a "family" as defined in 55 Pa. Code § 3042.3.
 8      "Parent" means a "parent" as defined in 55 Pa. Code § 3042.3.
 9      "Subsidized child care" means "subsidized child care" as
10   defined in 55 Pa. Code § 3042.3.
11      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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