(a) OSSE shall establish payment rates for child development facilities providing care for infants and toddlers. The rate of payment shall be sufficient to provide a child development center and child development home with funding to operate based on a cost modeling analysis that incorporates costs incurred as a result of implementing the salary scale and schedule developed by OSSE pursuant to § 4-410.01(b). Subject to appropriations, the cost of care and teacher salary scale shall be increased as follows:

(1) By October 1, 2019, $4,298,064 of the projected fiscal impact of the full cost of care and teacher salary scale;

(2) By October 1, 2020, at least 25% of the projected fiscal impact of the full cost of care and teacher salary scale;

(3) By October 1, 2021, at least 50% of the projected fiscal impact of the full cost of care and teacher salary scale;

(4) By October 1, 2022, at least 75% of the projected fiscal impact of the full cost of care and teacher salary scale;

(5) By October 1, 2023, and on an annual basis thereafter, OSSE shall reimburse providers at the cost of care as determined by its most recent cost modeling analysis; and

(6) By October 1, 2024, and on a triennial basis thereafter, OSSE shall revise the payment rates based on the updated cost of care and teacher salary scale developed pursuant to § 4-410.01(b).

(b) Not Funded.

(Sept. 19, 1979, D.C. Law 3-16, § 11b; as added Oct. 30, 2018, D.C. Law 22-179, § 201(d), 65 DCR 9569; Sept. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 23-16, § 5143, 66 DCR 8621.)

Applicability of D.C. Law 22-179: § 301 of D.C. Law 22-179 provided that the creation of this section by § 201(d) of D.C. Law 22-179 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.