43-536 Child care reimbursement; market rate survey; adjustment of rate.
43-536. Child care reimbursement; market rate survey; adjustment of rate.In determining the rate of reimbursement for child care, the Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct a market rate survey of the child care providers in the state. The department shall adjust the reimbursement rate for child care every odd-numbered year at a rate not less than the sixtieth percentile and not to exceed the seventy-fifth percentile of the current market rate survey, except that (1) nationally accredited child care providers may be reimbursed at higher rates and (2) for the two fiscal years beginning July 1, 2003, such rate may be less than the sixtieth percentile but shall not be less than the rate for the immediately preceding fiscal year. SourceLaws 1995, LB 455, § 20; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 174; Laws 1997, LB 307, § 69; Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 28; Laws 2003, LB 414, § 1; Laws 2007, LB296, § 123.