40 Tex. Admin. Code § 809.93 - Provider Payment
(a) A Board shall
ensure that payment for child care is made only to the provider.
(b) A Board or its child care contractor
shall pay a regulated provider based on a child's monthly enrollment
authorization, excluding periods of suspension at the concurrence of the
parent, as described in §
809.51(d) of
this chapter.
(c) A Board shall
ensure that a relative child care provider is not reimbursed for days on which
the child is absent.
(d) A relative
child care provider shall not be reimbursed for more children than permitted by
the CCR minimum regulatory standards for Registered Child Care Homes. A Board
may permit more children to be cared for by a relative child care provider on a
case-by-case basis as determined by the Board.
(e) A Board shall not pay providers that are
debarred from other state or federal programs unless and until the debarment is
removed.
(f) Unless otherwise
determined by the Board and approved by the Commission for automated reporting
purposes, the monthly enrollment authorization described in subsection (b) of
this section is based on the unit of service authorized, as follows:
(1) A full-day unit of service is 6 to 12
hours of care provided within a 24-hour period;
(2) A part-day unit of service is fewer than
6 hours of care provided within a 24-hour period; and
(3) A blended-day unit of service is for a
child enrolled in a school program, pre-K, HS, or EHS in which child care is
part-day with care provided occasionally on a full-day basis.
(g) A Board or its child care
contractor shall ensure that providers are not paid for holding spaces open
without a valid contracted slots agreement, as described in §
809.96 of this chapter.
(h) The Board or its child care contractor
shall not pay a provider retroactively for new Board maximum payment rates or
new provider published rates.
(i) A
Board or its child care contractor shall ensure that the parent's travel time
to and from the child care facility and the parent's work, school, or job
training site is included in determining the enrollment authorized under
subsection (f) of this section.
(j)
A Board shall pay regulated child care providers prospectively every two weeks
based on the enrollment authorization described in subsection (b) of this
section.
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