Section 3041.106. Eligibility agency responsibilities regarding co-payment

(a) The eligibility agency shall generate notices based on delinquent co-payments.

(b) The eligibility agency shall send the provider a copy of each notice issued to a parent or caretaker whose child is enrolled with the provider.

(c) When a co-payment is reported to the eligibility agency as delinquent, the eligibility agency shall mail a notice to the parent or caretaker, on a form provided by the Department. The notice must state that service will be terminated on a date set forth on the notice, which shall be the first day after 10 calendar days following the date of the written notice, unless the delinquent co-payment is paid by that date.

(d) A family whose subsidy is terminated for failure to make required co-payments may not be reauthorized for subsidy until all outstanding co-payments have been paid in full.

(e) The eligibility agency shall retain a copy of the termination notice.

(f) The eligibility agency shall distribute, to each parent or caretaker who applies for subsidized child care, a handbook of parent’s rights and responsibilities in the subsidized child care program provided by the Department.