California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10374.5

WIC § 10374.5 Effective Jun 27, 2025Div. 9 · Part 1.8 · Ch. 21

Statute text

(a)Recipients of childcare services provided pursuant to this chapter shall be allowed to choose the childcare services of licensed childcare providers or childcare providers who, by law, are not required to be licensed, and the cost of that childcare shall be reimbursed by counties or agencies that contract with the department. For purposes of this section, “regional market rate” means care costing no more than 1.5 market standard deviations above the mean cost of care for that region. It is the intent of the Legislature to reimburse childcare providers at the 85th percentile of the most recent regional market rate survey. If the market rate survey is used to set reimbursement rates, the following shall apply:

(b)(1) The regional market rate ceilings shall be established at the greater of either of the following:

(A)The 75th percentile of the 2016 regional market rate survey for that region.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 13, Sec. 11. (SB 120) Effective June 27, 2025.