AI-assisted research summary: The cabinet, or its designated department, must issue regulations for this program and include required procedures and contract terms.
199.884 Administrative regulations. The cabinet, or its designated department, shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to effectuate the provisions of KRS 199.881 to 199.888, including: (1) Creating a standardized agreement for employers, employees, and providers wishing to participate in the program, to be completed and agreed to by each respective party that includes: (a) Name, physical location, size, and industry of the employer; (b) Name and phone number of the employer's point of contact; (c) Name and physical location of the child-care provider; (d) Name and phone number of the child-care provider's point of contact; (e) Name and home address of the employee; (f) Total contribution to be paid by the employer to the provider, either directly or through a third-party vendor; (g) Total amount of the state match to be paid to the provider, either directly or through a third-party vendor; (h) Duration of the contract, which shall not last beyond the end of the state's fiscal year in any given year; (i) Frequency of the contribution to be made directly to the child-care provider in accordance with the provider's established billing cycle; and (j) Demographic information of the employee; (2) Establishing eligibility verification procedures for the following parties as a prerequisite for the cabinet entering the agreement as a party and issuing a state match: (a) Employer's enrollment in the program; (b) Employee's eligibility; and (c) Child-care provider's eligibility; (3) Collecting and verifying household income information from eligible employees and determining the amount of the state match for which the employee is eligible in accordance with KRS 199.885; (4) Creating procedures for issuing a notice to all parties to the agreement of their enrollment in the program upon receiving and processing the contract and determining eligibility; (5) Compiling confidentiality protocols for the cabinet and its designated department or departments to safeguard the personal information of participating employees, employers, and child-care providers; (6) Introducing reporting requirements for an employer or a child-care provider reporting a lapse or nonpayment of contribution towards eligible child-care services; (7) Creating procedures for issuing and logging a state match to child-care providers pursuant to the respective contract; (8) Maintaining records of the fund in the fiscal year and all payments; (9) Creating criteria for participant disqualification from the program; (10) Establishing procedures for appeals hearings; and (11) Establishing procedures for recouping state matches or portions of state matches that result in overpayments to participating child-care providers. Effective:April 8, 2022 History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 4, effective April 8, 2022.