Revises the state system for providing incentive payments to counties that meet child support enforcement goals, requires the state to report annually on each county's performance, and makes the Legislative Analyst's Office responsible for recommending a new performance-based incentive program for inclusion in next year's budget. Gives county district attorneys the option of asking the FTB to collect current child support payments. Contains numerous technical provisions to bring California into compliance with the federal welfare law. Requires the FTB, the Department of Social Services, and the state's financial institutions to work together to develop a data-match system to locate the bank accounts of parents who owe child support. Requires county district attorneys enforcing child support obligations to refer cases that have been delinquent for 90 days to the FTB for collection.
Cooperation is shown by providing the name of the father and any additional information, if known.
Failure to cooperate will result in a 25 percent reduction in the family welfare grant. Child Support Disregard or Pass-Through. Centralized Collection and Distribution. AB 1542 creates an advisory committee to make recommendations to the Legislature on how to comply with the federal requirement that California have a centralized collection and disbursement unit to collect child support in all state cases and to collect support from wage withholding in all private cases. The state may keep its current county-run child support collection system if it is not more expensive or slower to do so.