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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 234.39, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. If the department makes a subsidized 1 4 guardianship payment for a child, the payment shall be 1 5 considered a foster care payment for purposes of child support 1 6 recovery. All provisions of this and other sections, and of 1 7 rules and orders adopted or entered pursuant to those 1 8 sections, including for the establishment of a paternity or 1 9 support order, for the amount of a support obligation, for the 1 10 modification or adjustment of a support obligation, for the 1 11 assignment of support, and for enforcement shall apply as if 1 12 the child were receiving foster care services, or were in 1 13 foster care placement, or as if foster care funds were being 1 14 expended for the child. This subsection shall apply 1 15 regardless of the date of placement in foster care or 1 16 subsidized guardianship or the date of entry of an order, and 1 17 foster care and subsidized guardianship shall be considered 1 18 the same for purposes of child support recovery. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 252B.13A, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 20 the following new subsection: 1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, 1 22 subsection 2, the federal share of interest earned on moneys 1 23 received under this section shall be credited to the 1 24 department for use by the unit. For the purposes of this 1 25 subsection, "federal share of interest" means an amount equal 1 26 to the loss of federal financial participation to the child 1 27 support program under Title IV-D of the federal Social 1 28 Security Act due to treatment of interest as program income 1 29 under federal law and regulations. 1 30 Sec. 3. Section 252D.23, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 31 follows: 1 32 252D.23 FILING OF WITHHOLDING ORDER ORDER EFFECTIVE AS 1 33 DISTRICT COURT ORDER. 1 34 An income withholding order entered by the child support 1 35 recovery unit pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the 2 1 clerk of the district court. In lieu of any signature on the 2 2 order which may otherwise be required by law or rule, the 2 3 order shall have affixed the name and address of the 2 4 appropriate child support office. For the purposes of 2 5 demonstrating compliance by the payor of income, the copy of 2 6 the withholding order or the notice of the order received, 2 7 whether or not the copy of the order is file-stamped, shall 2 8 have all the force, effect, and attributes of a docketed order 2 9 of the district court including, but not limited to, 2 10 availability of contempt of court proceedings against a payor 2 11 of income for noncompliance. However, any information 2 12 contained in the income withholding order or the notice of the 2 13 order related to the amount of the accruing or accrued support 2 14 obligation which does not reflect the correct amount of 2 15 support due does not modify the underlying support judgment. 2 16 Sec. 4. Section 252I.4, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 2 17 amended to read as follows: 2 18 3. The unit may pay a reasonable fee to a financial 2 19 institution for conducting the data match required in 2 20 subsection 2, not to exceed the lower of either one hundred 2 21 fifty dollars for each quarterly data match or the actual 2 22 costs incurred by the financial institution for each quarterly 2 23 data match. However, the unit may also adopt rules pursuant 2 24 to chapter 17A to specify a fee amount for each quarterly data 2 25 match based upon the estimated state share of funds collected 2 26 under this chapter, which, when adopted, shall be applied in 2 27 lieu of the one hundred fifty dollar fee under this 2 28 subsection. In addition, the unit may pay a reasonable fee to 2 29 a financial institution for automation programming development 2 30 performed in order to conduct the data match required in 2 31 subsection 2, not to exceed the lower of either five hundred 2 32 dollars or the actual costs incurred by the financial 2 33 institution. The unit may use the state share of funds 2 34 collected under this chapter to pay the fees to financial 2 35 institutions under this subsection. For state fiscal years 3 1 beginning July 1, 1999, and July 1, 2000, the unit may use up 3 2 to one hundred percent of the state share of such funds. For 3 3 state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2001, the 3 4 unit may use up to fifty percent of the state share of such 3 5 funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 3 6 contrary, a financial institution shall have until a date 3 7 provided in the agreement in subsection 2 to submit its claim 3 8 for a fee under this subsection. If the unit does not have 3 9 sufficient funds available under this subsection for payment 3 10 of fees under this subsection, the cost may be carried forward 3 11 to a future year. The unit may also use funds from an amount 3 12 assessed a child support agency of another state, as defined 3 13 in section 252H.2, to conduct a data match requested by that 3 14 child support agency as provided in 42 U.S.C. } 666(a)(14) to 3 15 pay fees to financial institutions under this subsection. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 This bill makes changes in laws relating to child support 3 18 enforcement. 3 19 The bill provides that for the purposes of child support 3 20 recovery, subsidies paid by the department of human services 3 21 to guardians of children are to be considered the same as 3 22 foster care payments. This codifies language that accompanies 3 23 a proposal in the department's appropriations bill which 3 24 provides some permanency to children who cannot return to live 3 25 with their biological parents, but it is also not appropriate 3 26 to terminate parental rights. The child is therefore placed 3 27 with a permanent guardian, rather than in foster care. The 3 28 department pays a subsidy to the guardian, and the child 3 29 support recovery unit continues to collect child support from 3 30 the parent to reimburse the state as it would if the child 3 31 were in foster care. 3 32 The bill provides that the federal share of interest earned 3 33 on moneys received for child support by the child support 3 34 recovery unit and deposited in the state treasurer's account 3 35 is to be credited to the unit rather than credited to the 4 1 state general fund. 4 2 The bill also provides that income withholding orders 4 3 entered by the unit are to include the name and address of the 4 4 appropriate child support office, in lieu of any signature 4 5 otherwise required, in order to provide a contact for 4 6 employers and parents. 4 7 The bill also specifies the means by which the unit may pay 4 8 financial institutions for costs associated with data matches, 4 9 including costs of automation programming development 4 10 necessary to conduct the data matches. 4 11 LSB 1259HV 78 4 12 pf/gg/8
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