Payment Integrity Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3862 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3862 To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require States to make payments to child care providers based on verified attendance in child care programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2026 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require States to make payments to child care providers based on verified attendance in child care programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Payment Integrity Act''. SEC. 2. PAYMENT PRACTICES. Section 658E of the Child Care …