Section 168.72. Determining monthly child care costs

(a) Child care costs include the following:

(1) A charge for child care during the hours of the work-related activity, including travel time and sleep-time.

(2) A charge for up to 5 consecutive days on which the child was not in attendance.

(3) A charge for transporting the child to or from care if the charge is included as part of the normal child care charge and not levied as a separate charge.

(b) If a child’s absences exceed 25 total enrollment days in the State’s fiscal year, the parent or caretaker is responsible to pay to the provider the provider’s verified published daily rate for each day of absence starting with the 26th day of absence. A child is considered absent only once during an enrollment day. A parent or caretaker who receives subsidized child care under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program employment and training program is not required to pay for absences under this subsection.

The provisions of this § 168.72 amended January 8, 1999, effective February 1, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 271; amended December 29, 2006, effective December 30, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 7961; amended April 13, 2012, effective April 14, 2012, 42 Pa.B. 2000. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (325149).

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Authority

The provisions of this § 168.72 amended under sections 201(2), 403(b) and 403.1 of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. § § 201(2), 403(b) and 403.1).