Section 10233.5 - Notice to a child care provider of changes(a)Commencing July 1, 2020, alternative payment programs shall provide notice to a childcare provider of a change in reimbursement amounts for childcare services, a change in the hours of care, rates, or schedules, an increase or decrease in parent fees, or a termination of services, including, but not limited to, a family's change in provider. For purposes of this section, the notice shall occur either electronically, if requested by the childcare provider, or via the United States Postal Service. The alternative payment program shall provide the notice, as well as the effective date of any change described above, on the same day a notice of action is issued to a family.(b)The notification shall not be deemed a violation of the parent's confidentiality, but as a method to ensure the proper administration of subsidy funds.(c)This section shall become inoperative on September 1, 2022, as of January 1 of the following year, is repealed.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 10233.5
Amended by Stats 2022 ch 62 (AB 210),s 21, eff. 6/30/2022.Added by Stats 2021 ch 116 (AB 131),s 260, eff. 7/23/2021.