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State Payment Rate Table
The State Payment Rate Table determines the maximum state payment rates by child age, provider type, and category of care. The Rate Table maintains information in the database necessary for the computation of child care attendance payment. As noted in the Child Care Attendance Payment section, for most clients payment in excess of the state rate is prohibited. Comparison of these rates with the rates of the selected provider is required to compute payment. Most children will have an assigned Care Category of Part Time, Full Time, or Extended Care. Some children whose parents' schedules are so variable will have a Nonspecific Authorization entitling their care providers to be paid only the hours of care rendered.
The State Payment Rate table must be maintained historically in order to be able to compute, adjust, and recoup funds that may encompass the use of more than one rate table.
Each State Payment Rate Table will have an effective date.
The rate table Effective Date is applied to the date of child care service, not the date of billing for service.
Although the Begin and End Dates do not contain an edit for comparison with Service Period dates, it is highly recommended that any changes made to the rates would use these dates as effective dates.
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Care Category Definitions
Age Category Definitions