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Pilot program to provide financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces for in-home child care: inclusion of au pairs

Division A · Title V: MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY · Subtitle H: Family Programs, Child Care, and Dependent Education

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Military families participating in the in-home child care financial assistance program can now include au pairs as qualified child care providers. Additionally, state and local governments are prohibited from imposing extra rules or conditions on military families hosting au pairs beyond those set by the federal Au Pair program.

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Section Text · Sec. 573.
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(1)

in subsection (a)(4), by striking subsection (b) and inserting subsection (c) ;

(2)

by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and

(3)

by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):

(b) Au pairs

(1)

The Secretary shall treat an au pair who is participating in the Au Pair program of the Department of State as an in-home child care provider who meets qualifications determined under subsection (a)(3)(B).

(2)

No State or local government may enact or enforce a law, regulation, rule, or requirement related to such Au Pair program that would impose an additional or different term or condition on a military family that is the host family for an au pair.