House File 632 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to distribution of child support payments for
  2    families who have received or are receiving family investment
  3    program assistance.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2737YH 82
  6 pf/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  252B.15A  DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD
  1  2 SUPPORT COLLECTED TO FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM RECIPIENTS.
  1  3    The department shall adopt rules, consistent with section
  1  4 7301(b)(7) of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Pub.
  1  5 L. No. 109=171, that provide that beginning October 1, 2008,
  1  6 for a family that received or is receiving family investment
  1  7 program assistance for the parent or child, pass through, to
  1  8 the family, of child support collected by the child support
  1  9 recovery unit in an amount that is not more than one hundred
  1 10 dollars for one child and not more than two hundred dollars
  1 11 for two or more children, based on the availability of state
  1 12 or federal funds.  In addition, if the family is receiving
  1 13 family investment program assistance for the parent or child
  1 14 on or after October 1, 2008, the rules shall provide for the
  1 15 disregard of the child support amount passed through in
  1 16 determining the amount and type of assistance provided to the
  1 17 family.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill directs the department of human services to adopt
  1 20 rules, consistent with the federal Deficit Reduction Act of
  1 21 2005, to provide that beginning October 1, 2008, for a family
  1 22 that received or is receiving family investment program
  1 23 assistance, child support collected by the child support
  1 24 recovery unit is to pass through to the family in the amount
  1 25 of not more than $100 for one child and not more than $200 for
  1 26 two or more children, based on the availability of state or
  1 27 federal funds.  Additionally, if the family is receiving
  1 28 family investment program assistance on or after October 1,
  1 29 2008, the rules are to provide that the amount of child
  1 30 support passed through to the family is to be disregarded in
  1 31 determining the amount and type of assistance provided to the
  1 32 family.
  1 33 LSB 2737YH 82
  1 34 pf:nh/cf/24