199.884 Administrative regulations.
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The cabinet, or its designated department, shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to effectuate the provisions of KRS 199.881 to 199.888, including:
(1)Creating a standardized agreement for employers, employees, and providers
wishing to participate in the program, to be completed and agreed to by each
respective party that includes:
(a)Name, physical location, size, and industry of the employer;
(b)Name and phone number of the employer's point of contact;
(c)Name and physical location of the child-care provider;
(d)Name and phone number of the child-care provider's point of contact;
(e)Name and home address of the employee;
(f)Total contribution to be paid by the employer to the provider, either
directly or through a third-party vendor;
(g)Total amount of the state match to be paid to the provider, either directly
or through a third-party vendor;
(h)Duration of the contract, which shall not last beyond the end of the state's
fiscal year in any given year;
(i)Frequency of the contribution to be made directly to the child-care
provider in accordance with the provider's established billing cycle; and
(j)Demographic information of the employee;
(2)Establishing eligibility verification procedures for the following parties as a
prerequisite for the cabinet entering the agreement as a party and issuing a
state match:
(a)Employer's enrollment in the program;
(b)Employee's eligibility; and
(c)Child-care provider's eligibility;
(3)Collecting and verifying household income information from eligible employees
and determining the amount of the state match for which the employee is
eligible in accordance with KRS 199.885;
(4)Creating procedures for issuing a notice to all parties to the agreement of their
enrollment in the program upon receiving and processing the contract and
determining eligibility;
(5)Compiling confidentiality protocols for the cabinet and its designated
department or departments to safeguard the personal information of
participating employees, employers, and child-care providers;
(6)Introducing reporting requirements for an employer or a child-care provider
reporting a lapse or nonpayment of contribution towards eligible child-care
services;
(7)Creating procedures for issuing and logging a state match to child-care
providers pursuant to the respective contract;
(8)Maintaining records of the fund in the fiscal year and all payments;
(9)Creating criteria for participant disqualification from the program;
(10)Establishing procedures for appeals hearings; and
(11)Establishing procedures for recouping state matches or portions of state
matches that result in overpayments to participating child-care providers.