CHAPTER 545
An Act to establish the Employee Child Care Assistance Program.
[H 18]
Approved April 13, 2026
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. As used in § 2:
"Eligible mixed delivery provider" means a child day center or family day home that has been selected or identified to deliver mixed delivery services through a local agreement with the relevant regional entity established pursuant to subsection D of § 22.1-289.05 of the Code of Virginia.
"Employer" means an employer with at least one employee who works in the Commonwealth in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.
"Small business" means an employer with fewer than 50 employees.
"The Foundation" means the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation.
"Third party administrator" means an entity approved by the Foundation to administer, receive, or distribute funds as part of the Employee Child Care Assistance Program established pursuant to § 2. "Third party administrator" includes a Ready Region lead agency.