(b) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of that section 658 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subchapter 
are— 
‘‘(1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in 
developing a mixed delivery system to provide child 
care that best suits the needs of children and work-
ing parents within that State; 
‘‘(2) to promote parental choice to empower 
working parents to make their own decisions regard-
ing the child care services that best suit their fam-
ily’s needs; 
‘‘(3) to encourage States to provide consumer 
education information to help parents make in-
formed choices about child care services and to pro-
mote involvement by parents and family members in 
the development of their children in child care set-
tings; 
‘‘(4) to assist States in delivering high-quality, 
coordinated child care services to maximize parents’ 
options to cover the full workday and full work year, 
to support continuity of care for children, and to 
support parents trying to achieve independence from 
public assistance; 
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‘‘(5) to assist States in improving the overall 
quality of child care by implementing the health, 
safety, licensing, early learning and development, 
professional, and oversight standards established in 
this subchapter and in State law (including State 
regulations); 
‘‘(6) to assist States— 
‘‘(A) in helping parents access high-quality 
child care; and 
‘‘(B) in supporting child care providers in 
the recruitment of, professional development 
for, and retention of a qualified child care work-
force; and 
‘‘(7) to increase the number and percentage of 
low-income children in high-quality child care set-
tings.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658P of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858n) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3), 
(4) through (7), (8) and (9), and (10) through (15), 
as paragraphs (3) and (4), (6) through (9), (11) and 
(12), and (14) through (19), respectively; 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CHILD CARE.—The term ‘child care’ in-
cludes preschool, prekindergarten, and early child-
hood education for children from birth through age 
5, and before school, after school, and summer care 
for school-age children.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (D); 
(4) by striking paragraph (6), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘eligible 
activity’, means an activity consisting of— 
‘‘(A) full-time or part-time employment; 
‘‘(B) self-employment; 
‘‘(C) job search activities; 
‘‘(D) job training; 
‘‘(E) secondary, postsecondary, or adult 
education, including education through a pro-
gram of high school classes, a course of study 
at an institution of higher education, classes to-
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wards an equivalent of a high school diploma 
recognized by State law, or English as a second 
language classes; 
‘‘(F) health treatment (including mental 
health and substance use treatment) for a con-
dition that prevents the parent involved from 
participating in other eligible activities; 
‘‘(G) activities to prevent child abuse or 
neglect, or family violence prevention or inter-
vention activities; 
‘‘(H) employment and training activities 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program established under section 6(d)(4) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(d)(4)); 
‘‘(I) employment and training activities 
under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 
‘‘(J) a work activity described in sub-
section (d) of section 407 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 607) for which, consistent with 
clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 402(a)(1)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)), a parent is 
treated as being engaged in work for a month 
in a fiscal year for purposes of the program of 
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block grants to States for temporary assistance 
for needy families established under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.); or 
‘‘(K) taking leave under the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.) (or equivalent provisions for Federal em-
ployees), a State or local paid or unpaid leave 
law, or a program of employer-provided leave. 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE
CHILD.—The term ‘eligible 
child’ means an individual— 
‘‘(A) who is less than 13 years of age; 
‘‘(B)(i)(I) whose family income does not 
exceed 85 percent of the State median income 
for a family of the same size; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of a State that has deter-
mined it is necessary to serve additional chil-
dren, after ensuring that all eligible children de-
scribed in subclause (I) have had an appro-
priate opportunity to receive services under this 
subchapter, whose family income does not ex-
ceed a State limit that is not more than 150 
percent of the State median income for a family 
of the same size; and 
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‘‘(ii) whose family assets do not exceed 
$1,000,000, excluding any asset used for the 
family’s farm for such family; and 
‘‘(C) who— 
‘‘(i) resides with a parent or parents 
who are participating in an eligible activ-
ity; 
‘‘(ii) is a child experiencing homeless-
ness, a child in kinship care, or a child who 
is receiving, or needs to receive, child pro-
tective services; or 
‘‘(iii) resides with a parent who is 
more than 65 years of age.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘the child (if the 
spouse of such provider is engaged in an 
eligible activity),’’ after ‘‘decree,’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(C) notwithstanding section 645(a)(1)(B) 
of 
the 
Head 
Start 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9840(a)(1)(B)), a Head Start agency.’’; 
(6) by striking paragraph (9), as so redesig-
nated, and inserting the following: 
‘‘(9) FAMILY
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘family child care provider’ means an individual 
who provides child care services in a private resi-
dence— 
‘‘(A) for fewer than 24 hours per day per 
child; or 
‘‘(B) for 24 hours per day per child due to 
the nature of the work of the parent involved. 
‘‘(10) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘homeless 
child’ means an individual described in section 
725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2)).’’; 
(7) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(11)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘mean-
ing’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE; INDIAN TRIBE.—The term 
‘Indian Tribe’ or ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning’’; 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (12), as so re-
designated, the following: 
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‘‘(13) MIXED
DELIVERY
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘mixed delivery system’ means a system of child care 
services that— 
‘‘(A) promotes parental choice to empower 
working parents to make their own decisions re-
garding the child care services that best suit 
their family’s needs; and 
‘‘(B) delivers services through a combina-
tion of programs offered by eligible child care 
providers (including faith-based and commu-
nity-based child care providers) in a variety of 
settings (including family child care homes, 
child care centers, Head Start centers, and pub-
lic and private schools).’’; and 
(9) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(19)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘has the 
meaning’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(19) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION; TRIBAL ORGANI-
ZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Tribal or-
ganization’ or ‘tribal organization’ has the 
meaning’’. 
(b) REDESIGNATION.—The Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) 
is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating section 658P as section 
658A; and 
(2) by moving section 658A, as so redesignated, 
to follow section 658, as redesignated by section 2. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 658B. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subchapter (other than section 658T) $6,165,330,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027.’’. 
SEC. 5. LEAD AGENCY. 
Section 658D(b) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b(b)) is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The lead agen-
cy shall develop the State plan described in para-
graph (1)(B) in meaningful consultation with— 
‘‘(A) parents of children eligible for serv-
ices under this subchapter, which shall include 
parents of children in a priority population de-
scribed in section 658E(c)(2)(M); 
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‘‘(B) eligible child care providers that rep-
resent the various geographic areas and types 
of providers in the State; 
‘‘(C) employers of various sizes and with 
various hours and days of operations whose em-
ployees rely on reliable and accessible child care 
to work; and 
‘‘(D) appropriate representatives of units 
of general purpose local government and, as ap-
propriate, of Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions, except that States that have 5 or more 
federally recognized Tribes shall consult with 
Tribal leadership on how to best serve Native 
American and Alaska Native children and fami-
lies residing on lands outside the tribal service 
areas.’’. 
SEC. 6. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 
Section 658E of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘3-year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5-year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
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(I) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘a child’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible 
child’’; and 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘section 658P(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 658A(3)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘, not later’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘subparagraph (K)(i),’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (E)(i)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I) by striking ‘‘information’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘con-
cerning—’’ and inserting ‘‘information 
about the availability of child care 
services as offered through a mixed 
delivery system that will promote in-
formed child care choices and that 
concerns–’’; 
(II) in subclause (I), by inserting 
‘‘(including information on the hours 
and days of operation and ages 
served)’’ after ‘‘of child care services’’; 
(III) in subclause (II), by insert-
ing before the semicolon the following: 
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‘‘or a national accrediting body with 
demonstrated, valid, and reliable pro-
gram standards for high quality’’; and 
(IV) in subclause (IV)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘and’’ be-
fore ‘‘the Medicaid’’; and 
(bb) by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, and 
the Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting Pro-
grams under section 511 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
711)’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (G)— 
(I) in the subparagraph heading, 
by striking ‘‘TRAINING AND PROFES-
SIONAL’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘PROFES-
SIONAL’’; 
(II) in clause (i) and clause (ii) 
(in the matter preceding subclause 
(I)), by striking ‘‘training and’’ before 
‘‘professional development’’; 
(III) in clause (ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘, and may engage’’ and all that fol-
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lows through ‘‘training framework’’; 
and 
(IV) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘training’’ and inserting ‘‘professional 
development’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (I)(i)— 
(I) in subclause (VII)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘for emer-
gencies’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘for— 
‘‘(aa) emergencies’’ ; 
(bb) by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(cc) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(bb) a public health emer-
gency pursuant to section 319 of 
the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d);’’; and 
(II) in subclause (IX), by strik-
ing ‘‘if applicable,’’; 
(vi) in subparagraph (J)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘that procedures’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘that— 
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‘‘(i) procedures’’; 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) the State will undertake a review 
of State and local health and safety re-
quirements (including requirements for in-
spections under this subchapter and the 
child and adult care food program estab-
lished under section 17 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766)) to determine redundancies 
that may be eliminated and oversights be 
addressed, to ensure— 
‘‘(I) children receive child care 
services in healthy and safe environ-
ments; and 
‘‘(II) child care providers can 
easily identify, understand, and com-
ply with applicable health and safety 
requirements without redundant com-
pliance visits or other unnecessary 
burden.’’; 
(vii) in subparagraph (K)(i)— 
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(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘, not later’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2014,’’; 
and 
(II) in subclause (IV), by striking 
‘‘section 658P(6)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 658A(8)(B)’’; 
(viii) in subparagraph (M)— 
(I) by redesignating clauses (ii) 
through (iv) as clauses (iii) through 
(v), respectively; and 
(II) by striking clause (i) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(i) children in underserved areas, in-
cluding areas that have significant con-
centrations of poverty and unemployment 
and that do not have a high-quality supply 
of eligible child care providers; 
‘‘(ii) children in rural areas;’’; and 
(ix) in subparagraph (N)— 
(I) in clauses (i)(I) and (iv), by 
striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘150 percent’’; and 
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(II) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘At the option of the State, the’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(x) in subparagraph (O)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘full-day services’’ and inserting ‘‘full 
workday and full work year services’’; 
(xi) in subparagraph (S)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘, to the extent’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘fixed costs’’ and inserting ‘‘im-
plement enrollment and eligibility policies 
that support the fixed and operational 
costs’’; 
(xii) in subparagraph (U)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘Governor 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘Governor,’’; 
and 
(bb) by inserting before the 
period the following: ‘‘, or a pub-
lic health emergency pursuant to 
section 319 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d)’’; 
(II) in clause (ii), by inserting 
‘‘State and local health agencies,’’ 
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after ‘‘licensing of child care pro-
viders,’’; and 
(III) in clause (iii)(II), by strik-
ing ‘‘following the emergency or dis-
aster, which may include’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘during and following the emer-
gency or disaster, which shall include 
guidelines for the’’; and 
(xiii) in subparagraph (V), by striking 
‘‘develop’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘services.’’ and inserting ‘‘support child 
care business technical assistance including 
supporting— 
‘‘(I) provision of strategies to 
support management coaching and 
the use of core best business prac-
tices; 
‘‘(II) development and use of 
shared services initiatives including 
initiatives involving provider networks 
such as child care center alliances and 
family child care provider networks; 
and 
‘‘(III) development and use of 
shared 
services 
to 
support 
staff 
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retainment and professional develop-
ment.’’.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘Not later’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘shall prepare’’ and inserting 
‘‘Not later than September 30 of each fis-
cal year, the Secretary shall prepare’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘with respect to’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘with respect to each 
fiscal year)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘described in 
clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in priority populations de-
scribed in’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State plan shall 
certify, in not less than 5 years, that payment 
rates, for the provision of child care services for 
which assistance is provided in accordance with 
this subchapter, are sufficient to meet the cost 
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of providing the child care services, including 
the fixed and operational costs of providing the 
child care services, and are set and paid in ac-
cordance with a cost estimation model described 
in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) COST
ESTIMATION
MODEL.—The 
State plan shall— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the State, after 
consulting with eligible child care pro-
viders, the State Advisory Council on Early 
Childhood Education and Care designated 
or established in section 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)), local child care pro-
gram administrators, local child care re-
source and referral agencies, and other ap-
propriate entities, has developed and uses 
a statistically valid and reliable cost esti-
mation model for the payment rates for 
providers of child care services in the 
State, that— 
‘‘(I) reflects the costs of service 
delivery, including fixed costs, oper-
ating expenses, and staff salaries and 
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benefits necessary to recruit, educate, 
and retain qualified staff; 
‘‘(II) reflects variations in the 
costs of service delivery by submarket, 
type of provider, and children served, 
including by— 
‘‘(aa) geographic area (such 
as location in an urban or rural 
area); 
‘‘(bb) ages of children; 
‘‘(cc) whether the children 
have particular needs (such as 
needs of children with disabilities 
and children served by child pro-
tective services); 
‘‘(dd) whether the providers 
provide services during weekend 
and other nontraditional hours; 
and 
‘‘(ee) quality of child care 
provider as determined by the 
State; and 
‘‘(III) is reviewed once every two 
years and adjusted accordingly to— 
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‘‘(aa) ensure payment rates 
remain sufficient to meet the re-
quirements of this subchapter; 
and 
‘‘(bb) provide a cost of living 
increase to maintain the level of 
services; and 
‘‘(ii) describe how the State will pro-
vide for timely payments, set in accordance 
with the model described in clause (i), for 
child care services provided under this sub-
chapter.’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking clause (ii); and 
(II) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Nothing’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) NO FEDERAL CONTROL.—The Sec-
retary may offer guidance to States on cost es-
timation models described in subparagraph (B), 
but shall not require a State to adopt a par-
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ticular cost estimation model or element of a 
particular cost estimation model.’’; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (5) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(5) COPAYMENT.—The State plan shall pro-
vide that the State will establish and periodically re-
vise by rule a sliding fee scale to determine a full co-
payment for a family receiving assistance under this 
subchapter (or, for a family receiving part-time care, 
a reduced copayment that is the proportionate 
amount of the full copayment) and that is not a bar-
rier to families from accessing child care services 
under this subchapter.’’. 
SEC. 7. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 
CARE. 
Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) to carry out the activities described in 
paragraph (1), not less than 9 percent of the 
funds described in paragraph (1) for each fiscal 
year; and’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘received not later’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘succeeding 
full fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘received for 
each fiscal year’’; and 
(ii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘and 
subsection 
(b)(4)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘(which shall include activities se-
lected by the State to carry out paragraph (1))’’ 
after ‘‘following activities’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) Supporting the education and professional 
development of child care staff and supporting child 
care providers in the recruitment of, professional de-
velopment for, and retention of a qualified child care 
workforce, through activities selected by the State 
such as— 
‘‘(A) the development and expansion of ini-
tiatives to assist child care staff in the attain-
ment of postsecondary credentials; 
‘‘(B) the provision of financial assistance 
(including through bonuses, retention grants, 
and wage supplements)— 
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‘‘(i) for child care staff to pursue a 
postsecondary credential; and 
‘‘(ii) for child care providers to re-
cruit, provide professional development for, 
and retain child care staff who have at-
tained such credentials; and 
‘‘(C) the support for earn and learn pro-
grams that equip participants with specialized 
knowledge, skills, and competencies required to 
work in child care;’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) support and assess the quality of 
child care providers in the State, which may in-
clude supporting child care providers in the vol-
untary pursuit of accreditation by a national 
accrediting body with demonstrated, valid, and 
reliable program standards of high quality;’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(C) be designed to improve the quality of 
all providers in the mixed delivery system, in-
cluding providers offering services for different 
age groups of children and providers offering 
services in nontraditional hours of operation;’’; 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(3) Supporting a statewide system of child 
care resource and referral services to help parents 
make informed choices about child care services 
through transparent and easy-to-understand con-
sumer information about high-quality care and edu-
cation.’’; 
(F) by striking paragraphs (4) through 
(6); 
(G) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (4); 
(H) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9); 
and 
(I) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Beginning 
with fiscal year 2016, at’’ and inserting ‘‘At’’. 
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