(1) A consumer's provider may receive a nonstandard hours bonus (NSHB) payment per child per month for care provided if:
(a) The provider is licensed or certified;
(b) The provider provides at least thirty hours of nonstandard hours care during one month; and
(c) The total cost of the NSHB to the state does not exceed the amount appropriated for this purpose by the legislature for the current state fiscal year.
(2) Nonstandard hours are defined as:
(a) Before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m.;
(b) Any hours on Saturdays and Sundays; and
(c) Any hours on legal holidays, as defined in RCW
1.16.050.
(3) NSHB amounts are:
(a) Seventy-six dollars and fifty cents for family homes; and
(b) Seventy-five dollars for centers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.216.055 and
43.216.065. WSR 19-12-058, § 110-15-0249, filed 5/31/19, effective 7/1/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-15-0249, 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, § 170-290-0249, filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.215.060,
43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter
43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0249, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09.]