Section 10277.3 - Additional funding(a)(1) To support family childcare providers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 10421, and encourage their participation in training, forty million dollars ($40,000,000) was previously appropriated for the establishment of the Joint Child Care Providers United - State of California Training Partnership Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 264 of Chapter 116 of the Statutes of 2021.(2) Effective July 1, 2024, and upon full ratification of the memorandum of understanding between the Child Care Providers United - California and the State of California, funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180 of the Budget Act of 2024 to make a single additional contribution of up to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) to the fund described in paragraph (1) within 90 days of receipt of an annual report of the fund's expenditures to restore the fund's balance to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) if the remaining balance is less than that amount.(3) Thirty days prior to making the additional contribution specified in paragraph (2), the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance shall provide a notice to the Senate Health and Human Services budget subcommittees, Assembly and Senate Education budget subcommittees, and the Legislative Analyst's Office of the intended amount of the additional contribution for purposes of implementing paragraph (2).(b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 10426, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 10277.3
Added by Stats 2023 ch 193 (SB 140),s 12, eff. 9/13/2023.