Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act of 2026
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Child Care Integrity Monitoring Act of 2026 adds periodic federal monitoring to CCDBG. At three-year intervals, the Secretary must conduct a comprehensive review of every state receiving CCDBG assistance.
Based on the review, the Secretary must designate a state as high risk if it has a high level of unresolved or repeated adverse audit findings, unresolved issues or repeated performance failures under corrective action plans, or unresolved or repeated noncompliance with the approved state plan. A state designated high risk must receive additional monitoring as determined by the Secretary. The bill creates a cyclical oversight framework rather than a new funding stream.
Who Benefits and How
HHS child care monitoring staff benefit from a clear three-year review requirement and high-risk designation criteria. Federal taxpayers benefit if repeat audit findings and state-plan noncompliance are identified earlier. Families eligible for child care assistance benefit if additional monitoring improves program integrity and service reliability. States with strong CCDBG performance benefit from a risk-based system that focuses extra monitoring on weaker states. Congressional oversight staff benefit from a more concrete federal monitoring structure.
Who Bears the Burden and How
State child care agencies must undergo comprehensive federal review every three years. High-risk states face additional monitoring if they have repeated audit findings, corrective-action failures, or state-plan noncompliance. HHS child care monitoring staff must conduct reviews and decide additional monitoring. State auditors and program-integrity staff must respond to findings and documentation requests. Child care providers in high-risk states may see increased state oversight as agencies respond to federal monitoring.
Key Provisions
- Requires comprehensive CCDBG state performance reviews every three years.
- Directs high-risk designation for repeated adverse audit findings.
- Directs high-risk designation for unresolved corrective-action issues or repeated performance failures.
- Directs high-risk designation for unresolved or repeated state-plan noncompliance.
- Requires additional monitoring for states designated high risk.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary to conduct comprehensive CCDBG state performance reviews every three years, designate states as high risk for unresolved or repeated audit findings, corrective-action failures, or state-plan noncompliance, and impose additional monitoring on high-risk states.
Key Policy Areas
Child Care, Federal Grants, Program Integrity
Primary Purpose
Requires the Secretary to conduct comprehensive CCDBG state performance reviews every three years, designate states as high risk for unresolved or repeated audit findings, corrective-action failures, or state-plan noncompliance, and impose additional monitoring on high-risk states.
Policy Domains
Bill provisions
Identified Gains
- HHS child care monitoring staff
- Federal taxpayers
- Families eligible for child care assistance
- States with strong CCDBG performance
- Congressional oversight staff
Identified Costs
- State child care agencies
- High-risk states
- HHS child care monitoring staff
- State auditors
- Child care providers in high-risk states
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. …
Additional sponsor: Ms. Letlow
Additional sponsor: Ms. Letlow
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. Onder introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
HHS child care program staff, High-risk states, State auditors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary administering CCDBG
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