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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · January 28, 2026

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Introduced January 12, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB321

AN ACT relating to child care.

Amend KRS 199.894 to define terms; apply definitions to Section 2 of the Act; amend KRS 199.8982 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services allow certified family child-care home providers and licensed type II child-care centers to participate in the Child Care Assistance Program and establish requirements related to a provider's children in the program and other nonrelative children of the provider that are served in the program.

Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Children and Minors Parental Rights Public Assistance State Agencies

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This bill would require the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to allow certain child care providers, specifically certified family home providers and licensed type II child care centers, to take part in the Child Care Assistance Program. It also sets rules about how a provider's own children and other non-family children in their care are counted within that program. Who it may affect: small child care providers, low-income families seeking child care assistance, and children enrolled in family-based or small child care settings.

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