PDFWAC 110-15-0075
Determining income eligibility and copayment amounts.
(1) The department determines consumers' eligibility and copayments, when care is provided under a WCCC voucher or contract, by:
(a) Family size as described in WAC 110-15-0015; and
(b) Countable income as described in WAC 110-15-0065.
(2) The department calculates consumers' copayments as follows:
If the household's income is: | Then the household's maximum monthly copayment is: |
At or below 20 percent of the SMI | Waived |
Above 20 percent and at or below 36 percent of the SMI | $65 |
Above 36 percent and at or below 50 percent of the SMI | $90 |
Above 50 percent and at or below 60 percent of the SMI | $165 |
At reapplication, above 60 percent and at or below 65 percent of the SMI | $215 |
An applicant between 60 percent and 75 percent of the SMI for families participating in a state-registered apprenticeship | $215 |
(3) Active recipients of the supplemental nutrition assistance program are income eligible and the copayment will be determined using the income standards in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The department does not prorate copayments when consumers use care for only part of a month.
(5) The department waives copayments for eligible consumers who meet one or more of the following:
(a) Age 21 years or younger who attend high school or are working towards completing a high school equivalency certificate;
(b) Employed by, as confirmed or verified in the department's electronic workforce registry:
(i) A licensed or certified child care provider;
(ii) An early childhood education and assistance program;
(iii) A birth to three early childhood education and assistance program;
(iv) A head start program;
(v) An early head start program; or
(vi) A successor federal program;
(c) Eligibility under:
(i) WAC 110-15-0023; or
(ii) WAC 110-15-0024.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW, RCW 43.216.020, 43.216.065, 2024 c 225 s 1, and 2024 c 282 s 4. WSR 24-20-130, s 110-15-0075, filed 10/1/24, effective 11/1/24. Statutory Authority: 2023 c 222, 2023 c 294, and chapter 43.216 RCW. WSR 24-17-059, § 110-15-0075, filed 8/15/24, effective 9/15/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.216.055 and 43.216.065. WSR 23-12-038, § 110-15-0075, filed 5/30/23, effective 7/1/23; WSR 22-05-007, § 110-15-0075, filed 2/3/22, effective 3/6/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070 and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 21-01-180, § 110-15-0075, filed 12/21/20, effective 1/21/21. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-15-0075, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, § 170-290-0075, filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 12-21-008, § 170-290-0075, filed 10/5/12, effective 11/5/12. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW, RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42, 2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, § 170-290-0075, filed 8/24/11, effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0075, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0075, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0075, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.13.085. WSR 02-14-067, § 388-290-0075, filed 6/27/02, effective 8/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0075, filed 12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.]