Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-4915 - Fee Level and Copayment Assignment

A. The Department shall assign a fee level to the family based on family size and monthly gross countable income, as specified in Appendix A.

B. The Department shall assign individual minimum required copayment amounts for each child in the family based on the fee level assignment, and the number of children needing care, as specified in Appendix A.

C. The Department shall not assign a fee level or minimum required copayment to Jobs participants, Cash Assistance participants who need Child Care Assistance for employment, or families determined eligible and referred by CPS or DDD.

D. When a client fails to pay the DES-required copayment, or fails to make satisfactory arrangements for payment of the DES-required copayment with a child care provider, the client is ineligible for Child Care Assistance.

E. When the Department has determined that an client is ineligible for Child Care Assistance due to nonpayment of the copayment, the client is ineligible for any Child Care Assistance program that requires a copayment until past-due copayments have been paid, or until satisfactory arrangement have been made with the provider for payment.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-4915

Adopted effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 92, effective December 31, 2006 (Supp. 06-4).

The following Section was adopted under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74(A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.