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SF 1717 Senate Long Description

Relating to child supportARTICLE 1Authorizing the exchange of welfare data among the departments of human services, revenue, health and economic security and other state agencies to evaluate child support program performance and to identify and prevent fraud in the child support program; prohibiting financial institutions from charging fees to provide account information to public authorities for data match purposes, authorizing charges to judgment debtor accounts; granting the commissioner of human services the authority to make rules for distribution of certain federal and state funds to county child support agencies; requiring continuing support contribution orders to include the names and social security numbers of the father, mother and child or children; expanding the authority of public authorities responsible for child support to request information for parental location purposes; providing for the payment of support payments by alleged fathers to the public authority under certain conditions; modifying the time limit for filing revocations of recognitions of parentage with the state registrar of vital statistics; requiring petitions for marriage dissolution or legal separation to include the social security numbers of the children; providing for the suspension of recreational (hunting and fishing) licenses of certain obligors in arrears in court ordered child support or maintenance payments; central collections unit not to be liable for creditor collections, authorizing the commissioner to establish a revolving account to cover funds issued in error; modifying certain judgment entry and docketing procedures; prescribing the form for use in summary execution of financial institution funds for judgment purposes; requiring the department of human services to continue to plan a demonstration project of child support assurance; repealing certain child and medical support bonus incentives and certain judgment docketing provisions ARTICLE 2Authorizing and providing for public authority charges for child support or maintenance collection services (ra)