105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2487
AN ACT
To improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the child sup-
port enforcement program and thereby increase the fi-
nancial stability of single parent families including those
attempting to leave welfare.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Support Incen-
tive Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651–669) is amended by inserting
after section 458 the following:
‘‘SEC. 458A. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-
ment under this part, the Secretary shall, subject to sub-
section (f), make an incentive payment to each State for
each fiscal year in an amount determined under subsection
(b).
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF INCENTIVE PAYMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The incentive payment for
a State for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of the
applicable percentages (determined in accordance
with paragraph (3)) of the maximum incentive
amount for the State for the fiscal year, with respect
to each of the following measures of State perform-
ance for the fiscal year:
‘‘(A) The paternity establishment perform-
ance level.
‘‘(B) The support order performance level.
‘‘(C) The current payment performance
level.
‘‘(D) The arrearage payment performance
level.
‘‘(E) The cost-effectiveness performance
level.
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM INCENTIVE AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the maximum incentive amount for
a State for a fiscal year is—
‘‘(i) with respect to the performance
measures described in subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of paragraph (1), 0.49 per-
cent of the State collections base for the
fiscal year; and
‘‘(ii) with respect to the performance
measures described in subparagraphs (D)
and (E) of paragraph (1), 0.37 percent of
the State collections base for the fiscal
year.
‘‘(B) DATA USED TO CALCULATE RATIOS
REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETE AND RELIABLE.—
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the maxi-
mum incentive amount for a State for a fiscal
year with respect to a performance measure de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is zero, unless the Sec-
retary determines, on the basis of an audit per-
formed under section 452(a)(4)(C)(i), that the
data which the State submitted pursuant to
section 454(15)(B) for the fiscal year and
which is used to determine the performance
level involved is complete and reliable.
‘‘(C) STATE
COLLECTIONS
BASE.—For
purposes of subparagraph (A), the State collec-
tions base for a fiscal year is equal to the sum
of—
‘‘(i) 2 times the sum of—
‘‘(I) the total amount of support
collected during the fiscal year under
the State plan approved under this
part in cases in which the support ob-
ligation involved is required to be as-
signed to the State pursuant to part
A or E of this title or title XIX; and
‘‘(II) the total amount of support
collected during the fiscal year under
the State plan approved under this
part in cases in which the support ob-
ligation involved was so assigned but,
at the time of collection, is not re-
quired to be so assigned; and
‘‘(ii) the total amount of support col-
lected during the fiscal year under the
State plan approved under this part in all
other cases.
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION
OF
APPLICABLE
PER-
CENTAGES BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—
‘‘(A) PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION OF PATERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—
The paternity establishment performance
level for a State for a fiscal year is, at the
option of the State, the IV–D paternity es-
tablishment percentage determined under
section 452(g)(2)(A) or the statewide pa-
ternity establishment percentage deter-
mined under section 452(g)(2)(B).
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
with respect to a State’s paternity estab-
lishment performance level is as follows:
‘‘If the paternity establishment performance level is:
The applicable
percentage is:
At least:
But less than:
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‘‘If the paternity establishment performance level is:
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percentage is:
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Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if
the paternity establishment performance
level of a State for a fiscal year is less
than 50 percent but exceeds by at least 10
percentage points the paternity establish-
ment performance level of the State for the
immediately preceding fiscal year, then the
applicable percentage with respect to the
State’s paternity establishment perform-
ance level is 50 percent.
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS.—
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION
OF
SUPPORT
ORDER PERFORMANCE LEVEL.—The sup-
port order performance level for a State
for a fiscal year is the percentage of the
total number of cases under the State plan
approved under this part in which there is
a support order during the fiscal year.
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
with respect to a State’s support order per-
formance level is as follows:
‘‘If the support order performance level is:
The applicable
percentage is:
At least:
But less than:
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‘‘If the support order performance level is:
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Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if
the support order performance level of a
State for a fiscal year is less than 50 per-
cent but exceeds by at least 5 percentage
points the support order performance level
of the State for the immediately preceding
fiscal year, then the applicable percentage
with respect to the State’s support order
performance level is 50 percent.
‘‘(C) COLLECTIONS
ON
CURRENT
CHILD
SUPPORT DUE.—
‘‘(i) DETERMINATION
OF
CURRENT
PAYMENT
PERFORMANCE
LEVEL.—The
current payment performance level for a
State for a fiscal year is equal to the total
amount of current support collected during
the fiscal year under the State plan ap-
proved under this part divided by the total
amount of current support owed during the
fiscal year in all cases under the State
plan, expressed as a percentage.
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE.—The applicable percentage
with respect to a State’s current payment
performance level is as follows:
‘‘If the current payment performance level is:
The applicable
percentage is:
At least:
But less than:
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