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Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF1717

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)