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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Requires Monthly Enrollment-Based Subsidies and Electronic Billing for Child Care Providers under HB 4786
Last action · January 23, 2026: To House Health and Human ResourcesSponsor: Kathie Hess Crouse
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4786 requires the Secretary of the Department of Human Services to establish rules reimbursing afterschool child care providers based on monthly enrollment rather than daily attendance, provided the child attends at least 2.5 hours at least one day per month. Additionally, the bill mandates that the department implement an electronic filing system for billing and attendance documents by July 1, 2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Child care providers
Child care providers must adopt an electronic filing system for billing documents and submit all supporting paperwork digitally starting July 1, 2026.
Afterschool providers
Department of Human Services
The department is required to establish new rules regarding subsidy reimbursements and develop an electronic billing system by July 1, 2026.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How often must a child attend an afterschool program to qualify the provider for monthly enrollment subsidies?
When must child care providers start submitting billing documents electronically?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Health and Human Resources
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Health and Human Resources
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Shift to Monthly Enrollment and Digital Billing
The legislation mandates a modernization of child care subsidy administration by moving to monthly enrollment metrics and requiring electronic document submission.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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