Simplified Process for Review and Adjustment. State reviews of both public assistance and nonpublic assistance child support cases are optional unless they are requested by the parents. Work Requirements for Parents Owing Past-Due Child Support. The final bill continues to include language clarifying that administrative processes may be used to issue orders to pay past-due support according to a plan or for participating in work activities. Child Support and Native American Tribes.
States can enter into cooperative agreements with tribes.
HHS may make direct federal payments to tribes with approved IV-D plans. These payments would not count against a state IV-D agency's federal funding. Food Stamps and Child Support Cooperation. States have the option to require custodial parents to cooperate with establishing paternity and in obtaining support in order to receive food stamp benefits, with a good-cause exemption. States also have the option to require noncustodial parents to cooperate with the child support program to establish paternity and provide support for the child as a condition of receiving food stamp benefits, with the secretary of agriculture, in consultation with the secretary of HHS, developing guidelines on what constitutes a refusal to cooperate.