Payment Integrity Act

This bill amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require states to base payments to child care providers on verified attendance , rather than enrollment alone. States must include an assurance in their plans that they will use attendance records or other reasonable verification methods to confirm a child's presence in a program. The legislation also clarifies that lead agencies are not obligated to make payments to providers before child care services are rendered. Instead, it explicitly allows for payments to be made after services have been provided, reinforcing the shift towards an attendance-based payment system to enhance payment integrity.