HB5154 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to require the Department of Human Services to include all federal holidays as paid days eligible for reimbursement under child care assistance program contracts and voucher agreements with providers.

• Applies to all purchase of service contracts or voucher payment agreements the Department enters into, renews, or extends with child care providers under the child care assistance program effective on the bill's enactment date.

• Maintains existing child care assistance program provisions including eligibility categories, income thresholds (225% of federal poverty level beginning fiscal year 2024), co-payment scales, and rate-setting authority for the Department.

• Preserves requirements that child care providers be licensed or exempt from licensure, and that families have options to receive child care certificates or enroll with contracted providers.