WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Payment Integrity Act led by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to address massive childcare fraud cases. The bill requires states to base funding for childcare providers on actual attendance rather than on reported enrollment, and allows states to grant payments retroactively rather than in advance. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) also cosponsored the legislation.
“Support for childcare should go to real kids, not empty rooms,” said Senator Mike Lee. “Fake childcare operations are stealing funding from the ones who are actually taking care of America’s children in need. Our bill will address this massive fraud by granting funding based on actual attendance rather than reported enrollment, and allowing states to pay retroactively instead of in advance. This is the due diligence that should have been implemented all along.”
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