Amendment 2024-1972s to HB1189 (2024)

Relative to criteria for reporting child support delinquencies to federal agencies.


Revision: May 15, 2024, 1:14 p.m.

Senate Judiciary

May 15, 2024

2024-1972s

05/02

 

 

Amendment to HB 1189

 

Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:

 

1  Duties of the Department of Health and Human Services; Child Support; Compliance with Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.  Amend RSA 161:2, XIV to read as follows:

XIV.  Child Support Program.  Establish, direct, and maintain a program of child support based upon Title IV-D of the Social Security Act as amended.  The commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with any individual, state or local agency or governmental body and may employ such assistants, including, but not limited to, persons with legal training who are not licensed attorneys, as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this paragraph.  The department shall maintain an automated system of reporting child support arrearages that complies with the federal guidelines on child support delinquency and shall not report as delinquent any arrearage that does not meet the applicable federal threshold.  The system also shall report to the requesting agency the dollar amount of the arrearage if the account is delinquent.