Text: HF02047 Text: HF02049 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. CHILD SUPPORT LOCAL DISBURSEMENT UNITS 1 2 DIRECTIVE. 1 3 1. The director of the department of human services shall 1 4 seek the agreement of the United States secretary of health 1 5 and human services in meeting the requirements of 42 U.S.C. } 1 6 654b relating to the establishment and operation of a state 1 7 disbursement unit for child support collection and 1 8 disbursement, by allowing for the linkage of local 1 9 disbursement units in accordance with 42 U.S.C. } 654b(a)(3). 1 10 The director shall demonstrate to the secretary that the 1 11 system will cost no more and would take no more time to 1 12 establish or operate than a centralized system and that the 1 13 system will provide one location to which income withholding 1 14 may be sent by employers. 1 15 2. If the United States secretary of health and human 1 16 services agrees to use of the linkage of local disbursement 1 17 units, the department of human services shall implement the 1 18 localized system. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill directs the state director of human services to 1 21 seek the agreement of the United States secretary of health 1 22 and human services to allow the state to establish and operate 1 23 a network of local collection and disbursement units in place 1 24 of the centralized disbursement unit required under federal 1 25 law. The federal law (42 U.S.C. } 654b(a)(3)) provides that 1 26 local disbursement units may be used if the secretary agrees 1 27 that the localized system would not cost more and would take 1 28 no more time to establish or operate than a centralized 1 29 system. One condition of the exception is that employers be 1 30 provided one location to which to send income withholding. If 1 31 agreement is provided, the department is to implement the 1 32 localized system. 1 33 LSB 5557YH 78 1 34 pf/gg/8
Text: HF02047 Text: HF02049 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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