Permanently requires certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.

New Jersey bill A-3801 requires child care subsidy payments to licensed centers and registered family day care providers to be based solely on the number of eligible children enrolled, not on daily attendance. This directly affects providers who receive state-funded child care subsidies by ensuring their payments reflect consistent enrollment numbers, stabilizing their funding. The bill also mandates that staff-to-child ratio requirements must align with enrollment figures, not attendance, and directs the Department of Human Services to seek necessary federal waivers to maintain funding. It makes permanent a temporary 2021 provision that expired June 30, 2022.