Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
Section 3042.96 - Eligibility agency responsibilities regarding copayment(a) The eligibility agency shall generate notices based on delinquent copayments.(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 copayment is reported to the eligibility agency as delinquent, the eligibility agency shall mail a notice to the parent or caretaker. The notice must state that service will be terminated on a date set forth on the notice, which is the first day after 10 calendar days following the date of the written notice, unless the delinquent copayment is paid by that date.(d) A family whose subsidy is terminated for failure to make required copayments may not be reauthorized for subsidy until all outstanding copayments have been paid in full as specified in § 3042.95(d) (relating to delinquent copayment).(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.Adopted by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 50. December 16, 2023, effective 12/16/2023