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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2313, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 28, by inserting after line 19 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "It is also the intent of the general assembly to 1 6 enhance employment opportunities for families, 1 7 including those for noncustodial parents, to improve 1 8 the ability of both parents to support their children. 1 9 In doing so, the department of human services and the 1 10 department of workforce development shall cooperate to 1 11 assist both parents in obtaining and maintaining 1 12 employment including through the mechanisms provided 1 13 under the family investment program, the job 1 14 opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) program, the 1 15 welfare-to-work program, and the child support 1 16 recovery program. 1 17 DIVISION XI 1 18 SATISFACTION OF ACCRUED SUPPORT DEBT 1 19 Sec. ___. Section 252B.3, Code Supplement 1997, is 1 20 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. On or after July 1, 1999, the 1 22 department shall implement a program for the 1 23 satisfaction of accrued support debts, based upon 1 24 timely payment by the obligor of both current support 1 25 due and any payments due for accrued support debt 1 26 under a periodic payment plan. The unit shall adopt 1 27 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish the 1 28 criteria and procedures for obtaining satisfaction 1 29 under the program. The rules adopted under this 1 30 subsection shall specify the cases and amounts to 1 31 which the program is applicable, and may provide for 1 32 the establishment of the program as a pilot program. 1 33 Sec. ___. Section 598.22A, Code Supplement 1997, 1 34 is amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 35 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Payment of accrued support 1 36 debt due the department of human services shall be 1 37 credited pursuant to section 252B.3, subsection 5. 1 38 DIVISION XII 1 39 ALTERNATIVES TO MEDIAN INCOME 1 40 Sec. ___. Section 252B.7A, subsection 1, paragraph 1 41 d, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1997, is 1 42 amended to read as follows: 1 43 By July 1, 1999, the department shall adopt rules 1 44 for imputing income, whenever possible, based on the 1 45 earning capacity of a parent who does not provide 1 46 income information or for whom income information is 1 47 not available. Until such time as the department 1 48 adopts rules establishing a different standard for 1 49 determining the income of a parent who does not 1 50 provide income information or for whom income 2 1 information is not available, the estimated state 2 2 median income for a one-person family as published 2 3 annually in the Federal Register for use by the 2 4 federal office of community services, office of energy 2 5 assistance, for the subsequent federal fiscal year. 2 6 DIVISION XIII 2 7 INCOME WITHHOLDING ARREARAGE RATES 2 8 Sec. ___. Section 252D.18, subsection 1, Code 2 9 1997, is amended by adding the following new 2 10 paragraph: 2 11 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. There has been a change in the 2 12 rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 2 13 17A regarding the amount of income to be withheld to 2 14 pay a delinquency. 2 15 Sec. ___. INCOME WITHHOLDING RATES. 2 16 1. Beginning July 1, 1998, the amount of income 2 17 withheld for the payment of delinquent support, as 2 18 determined by the child support recovery unit under 2 19 chapter 252D, shall be decreased on a prospective 2 20 basis from the current level of fifty percent of the 2 21 current child support obligation. 2 22 2. The department of human services may adopt 2 23 rules pursuant to section 17A.4, subsection 2, and 2 24 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to 2 25 implement this section and the rules shall become 2 26 effective immediately upon filing, unless the 2 27 effective date is delayed by the administrative rules 2 28 review committee, notwithstanding section 17A.4, 2 29 subsection 5, and section 17A.8, subsection 9, or a 2 30 later effective date is specified in the rules. Any 2 31 rules adopted in accordance with this section shall 2 32 not take effect before the rules are reviewed by the 2 33 administrative rules review committee. Any rules 2 34 adopted in accordance with the provision of this 2 35 section shall also be published as notice of intended 2 36 action as provided in section 17A.4. 2 37 3. The department of human services may modify the 2 38 rules adopted under this section regarding the rate of 2 39 withholding established for payment of delinquent 2 40 support, based upon the results of implementation of 2 41 this section including but not limited to the 2 42 resulting impact on collections. 2 43 DIVISION XIV 2 44 SATISFACTION OF SUPPORT OWED TO PARENT 2 45 Sec. ___. Section 252B.20, subsection 2, paragraph 2 46 b, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as 2 47 follows: 2 48 b. Approve the request and prepare an order which 2 49 shall be submitted, along with the affidavit, to a 2 50 judge of a district court for approval, suspending the 3 1 accruing support obligation and, if requested by the 3 2 obligor, and if not prohibited by chapter 252K, 3 3 satisfying the obligation of support due the obligee. 3 4 Sec. ___. Section 252B.20, subsections 3, 10, and 3 5 11, Code Supplement 1997, are amended to read as 3 6 follows: 3 7 3. An order approved by the court for suspension 3 8 of an accruing support obligation is effective upon 3 9 the date of filing of the suspension order. The 3 10 satisfaction of an obligation of support due the 3 11 obligee shall be final upon the filing of the 3 12 suspension order. A support obligation which is 3 13 satisfied is not subject to the reinstatement 3 14 provisions of this section. 3 15 10. This section does not provide for the 3 16 suspension, waiver, satisfaction,or retroactive 3 17 modification of support obligations which accrued 3 18 prior to the entry of an order suspending enforcement 3 19 and collection of support pursuant to this section. 3 20 However, if in the application for suspension, an 3 21 obligee elects to satisfy an obligation of accrued 3 22 support due the obligee, the suspension order may 3 23 satisfy the obligation of accrued support due the 3 24 obligee. 3 25 11. Nothing in this section shall prohibit or 3 26 limit the unit or a party entitled to receive support 3 27 from enforcing and collecting any unpaid or 3 28 unsatisfied support that accrued prior to the 3 29 suspension of the accruing obligation. 3 30 DIVISION XV 3 31 PASS THROUGH OF CHILD SUPPORT 3 32 Sec. ___. FEDERAL PERMISSION – PASS THROUGH OF 3 33 CHILD SUPPORT. 3 34 1. The department of human services shall seek 3 35 permission from the United States department of health 3 36 and human services for a statewide initiative to pass 3 37 the full amount of child support collected, on behalf 3 38 of family investment program participants, through to 3 39 those families without being required to reimburse the 3 40 federal government for the federal share of the child 3 41 support collected. If the department of human 3 42 services receives unconditional approval from the 3 43 United States department of health and human services, 3 44 the department shall submit an implementation proposal 3 45 to the general assembly that provides for a net offset 3 46 in family investment program benefits which is 3 47 equivalent to the amount of child support passed 3 48 through to the family. 3 49 2. The goals of the initiative shall include all 3 50 of the following: 4 1 a. Encouraging payment of child support by 4 2 providing a direct connection between the act of 4 3 paying child support and the receipt of child support 4 4 by the child. 4 5 b. Reinforcing the value of employment for family 4 6 investment program participants by more clearly 4 7 identifying the actual level of income necessary to 4 8 become independent from the receipt of benefits under 4 9 the family investment program when child support is 4 10 also being received." 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES 4 15 BODDICKER of Cedar, Chairperson 4 16 SF 2313.302 77 4 17 pf/cf/28
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