SB-0529, As Passed House, December 3, 2014

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 529

     A bill to amend 1971 PA 174, entitled

"Office of child support act,"

by amending section 3 (MCL 400.233), as amended by 2009 PA 238.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 3. The office shall do all of the following:

     (a) Serve as a state agency authorized to administer title IV-

D.

     (b) Assist a governmental agency or department in locating an

adult responsible for the child for any of the following purposes:

     (i) To establish parentage.

     (ii) To establish, set the amount of, modify, or enforce

support obligations.

     (iii) To disburse support receipts.

     (iv) To make or enforce child custody or parenting time orders.

     (c) Coordinate activity on a state level in a search for an

adult responsible for the child.

     (d) Obtain information that directly relates to the identity

or location of an adult responsible for the child.

     (e) Serve as the information agency as provided in the revised

uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, 1952 PA 8, MCL

780.151 to 780.183, and the uniform interstate family support act,

1996 PA 310, MCL 552.1101 to 552.1901.

     (f) Develop guidelines for coordinating activities of a

governmental department, board, commission, bureau, agency, or

council, or a public or private agency, in providing information

necessary for the location of an adult responsible for the child.

     (g) Develop, administer, and coordinate with the state and

federal departments of treasury a procedure for offsetting the

state tax refunds and federal income tax refunds of a parent who is

obligated to support a child and who owes past due support. The

procedure shall include a guideline that the office submit to the

state department of treasury, not later than November 15 of each

year, all requests for the offset of state tax refunds claimed on

returns filed or to be filed for that tax year.

     (h) Develop and implement a statewide information system to

facilitate the establishment and enforcement of child support

obligations.

     (i) Develop and implement guidelines for the allocation and

distribution of all child support payments that meet the

requirements of federal law, regulation, or rule.

(j) (i) Publicize through regular and frequent, nonsexist

public service announcements the availability of support

establishment and enforcement services.

(k) (j) Develop and implement in cooperation with financial

institutions a data matching and lien and levy system to identify

assets of and to facilitate the collection of support from the

assets of individuals who have an account at a financial

institution and who are obligated to pay support as provided in

this act.

(l) (k) Provide discovery and support for support enforcement

activities as provided in the support and parenting time

enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650.

(m) (l) Have in effect safeguards against the unauthorized use

or disclosure of case record information that are designed to

protect the privacy rights of the parties as specified in sections

454 and 454a of title IV-D, 42 USC 654 and 654a, and that are

consistent with the use and disclosure standards provided under

section 64 of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.64.

(n) (m) As provided in section 10 for friend of the court

cases, centralize administrative enforcement remedies and develop

and implement a centralized enforcement program to facilitate the

collection of support.

(o) (n) Coordinate, through the state friend of the court

bureau created in section 19 of the friend of the court act, 1982

PA 294, MCL 552.519, the provision of services under title IV-D by

friend of the court offices.

(p) (o) Pursuant According to federal law, determine a method

to calculate a maximum obligation for reimbursement of medical

expenses in connection with a mother's pregnancy and the birth of a

child. The method shall be based on each parent's ability to pay

and on any other relevant factor, and apportion the expenses in the

same manner as health care expenses are divided under the child

support formula established under section 19 of the friend of the

court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552.519.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.