Preventing fraud in child care services

(a) State plan Section 658E of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding by striking subparagraph (S) and inserting the following: (S) Attendance-based billing The plan shall include an assurance that the lead agency will provide payment under this subchapter to a child care provider based on recorded attendance, rather than enrollment alone, in the program of the provider.; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (e) Timing of payment Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require a lead agency to make a payment to a child care provider prior to the provision of child care services. The lead agency shall make a payment under this subchapter to such a provider as reimbursement, in a timely manner, and on the basis of the provider's provision of child care services.. (b) Audits Section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Federal audits Each child care provider that receives a payment under this subchapter shall prepare a record of attendance in the provider's program and of the provider's provision of child care services, and maintain the record for a period of 7 years after the date of preparation of such record. The provider shall make such records available for audits by the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Comptroller General of the United States..