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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 5/2022 Authorizing care – Switching providers and back-up providers 9.1.10 Example 4: New primary provider (original primary provider becomes secondary provider) Scenario On 11/29, the family reports their child is starting care with a new primary provider on 12/10 and the existing primary provider will become their secondary provider. The original primary provider does not plan to reduce their billing until the end of the 15-day notice period. The worker processes the change on 12/3. What happens? Hours cannot be reduced with the original primary provider until 12/31 (first day of the biweekly period after the 15-day notice period ends). Provider designation • The original primary provider: o Ends their primary designation on 12/30. o Starts their secondary designation on 12/31. • The child’s new primary provider: o May be authorized as a secondary provider 12/10 – 12/30 because another secondary provider is not authorized during this time. o Starts their designation as primary provider and increases their hours on 12/31 (the day after the original primary provider’s designation ends). Legal authority Minnesota Statutes 119B.09, subd. 6 Minnesota Statutes 119B.097 Minnesota Statutes 119B.13, subds. 1(g) & 7 Minnesota Rules 3400.0110, subps. 3 & 9 Minnesota Rules 3400.0185