(1) (a) There is created in the state department the child care services and substance use disorder treatment pilot program. The state department shall administer the pilot program as a two-generation initiative. The purpose of the pilot program is to:
Provide grants to enhance the existing child care resource and referral programs toprovide increased child care navigation capacity in one rural pilot program site and one urban pilot program site to serve pregnant and parenting women seeking or participating in substance use disorder treatment; and
Provide a grant to enhance the capacity of the existing child care resource and referral program's centralized call center to serve pregnant and parenting women seeking or participating in substance use disorder treatment; and
Provide implementation grants to pilot a regional mobile child care model that islicensed in compliance with article 6 of this title 26 or as defined in section 26-6-102, and that serves children under five years of age in at least three facilities that provide substance use disorder treatment to parenting women. Applicants for mobile child care pilot grants must demonstrate a commitment of sources of private money for mobile child care to ensure that the mobile child care pilot model is an initiative of a public-private partnership. The mobile child care pilot model may be expanded to serve additional ages or additional regions using gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources that the state department may seek, accept, and expend.
(b) The state department shall ensure that there is adequate training, cross-training, technical assistance, data collection, and evaluation for grants awarded pursuant to subsections (1)(a)(I), (1)(a)(II), and (1)(a)(III) of this section.
The state department shall determine the eligibility and selection criteria for pilotprogram grants. The state board may promulgate rules, as necessary, to implement the pilot program.
(a) A pilot program grantee may use the grant money for improved technology, supplies, and materials to implement the pilot program; to hire staff for pilot program oversight and implementation; and for pilot program evaluation.
(b) On or before June 30, 2023, the state department shall provide to the health and insurance and public health care and human services committees of the house of representatives and the health and human services committee of the senate, or any successor committees, any completed pilot program evaluations pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section, as well as a summary of the pilot program, including grants awarded and the outcome of the grants.
(4) (a) Repealed.
The state department may use a portion of any money appropriated for the pilotprogram to pay the direct and indirect costs incurred to administer the pilot program, not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation.
The state department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations fromprivate or public sources for the purposes of this article 6.9. The department shall transmit all money received for the pilot program through gifts, grants, or donations to the state treasurer.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1193), ch. 272, p. 2572, § 9, effective May 23. L. 2020: (4)(a) repealed and (4)(b) amended, (HB 20-1388), ch. 124, p. 523, § 3, effective June 24.