(c) DIRECT ACCOUNTABILITY OF CHILD SUPPORT
PROGRAMS.—Section 403(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(h))—
(1) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘part D’’ and inserting
‘‘this part’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘such part’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this part’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘this
part’’ and inserting ‘‘part A’’; and
(2) as so amended, is hereby transferred to sec-
tion 455 of such Act, inserted after subsection (b)
of such section 455 and designated as subsection (c)
of such section 455.
(d) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—
(1) STATE CHILD SUPPORT PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 455 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 655) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the amount otherwise payable to a State for a quar-
ter under this section shall be reduced to the extent that
the amount expended by the State to carry out the State
plan under this part during the most recently completed
fiscal year is less than the amount so expended during
the fiscal year that immediately precedes such most re-
cently completed fiscal year.’’.
(2) STATE AFDC PROGRAMS.—Section 403 of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by inserting
after subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the amount otherwise payable to a State for a quar-
ter under this section shall be reduced to the extent that
the amount expended by the State to carry out the State
plan under this part during the most recently completed
fiscal year is less than the amount so expended during
the fiscal year that immediately precedes such most re-
cently completed fiscal year.’’.
(e) STREAMLINING OF CHILD SUPPORT AUDITS.—
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
streamline the process for conducting audits under section
452(a)(4) of the Social Security Act in such a way as to—
(1) reduce the burden on States with programs
that are complying substantially with the require-
ments of part D of title IV of such Act;
(2) enable the audit process to produce a timely
analysis of State programs that are not complying
substantially with such requirements; and
(3) enable the Secretary to shift staff resources
to technical assistance in order to help States im-
prove their programs under such part.
SEC. 10. PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(5)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(5)(C)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating the 1st sentence as clause
(i)(I);
(2) by inserting after such clause the following:
‘‘(II) Such procedures must provide that any
such explanation to a mother include the following
information:
‘‘(aa) Signing a paternity acknowledgment
affidavit is voluntary.
‘‘(bb) Once paternity of a child is estab-
lished, the father of the child has the right to
seek custody of the child or visitation rights
with respect to the child.
‘‘(cc) Once paternity of a child is estab-
lished, the mother of the child has the right to
seek from the father of the child financial and
medical support for the child.
‘‘(dd) The effect that the courts of the
State will give to a signed paternity acknowl-
edgment affidavit.
‘‘(III) Such procedures must provide that any
such explanation to a possible father include the fol-
lowing information:
‘‘(aa) Signing a paternity acknowledgment
affidavit is voluntary.
‘‘(bb) Genetic testing is available and will
be provided upon request.
‘‘(cc) The policy of the State with respect
to payment for the cost of genetic testing.
‘‘(dd) Once paternity of a child is estab-
lished, the father of the child has the right to
seek custody of the child or visitation rights
with respect to the child.
‘‘(ee) Once paternity of a child is estab-
lished, the mother of the child has the right to
seek from the father of the child financial and
medical support for the child.
‘‘(ff) The effect that the courts of the
State will give to a signed paternity acknowl-
edgment affidavit.
‘‘(IV) Such procedures must provide that the
information required to be provided under subclause
(II) or (III) must be provided—
‘‘(aa) orally and in writing;
‘‘(bb) where appropriate, in the language
of the individual to whom the information is re-
quired to be provided; and
‘‘(cc) if the individual is blind or hearing-
impaired, in a manner accessible to the individ-
ual.’’;
(3) by indenting the 2nd sentence 2 ems and
redesignating such sentence as clause (ii); and
(4) by inserting after such clause (ii) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(iii) Such procedures must require the State
agency responsible for maintaining birth records to
offer voluntary paternity establishment services.
‘‘(iv) Such procedures must require the State to
use only the affidavit developed under section
452(a)(7) for the voluntary acknowledgment of pa-
ternity, and to give full faith and credit to such an
affidavit signed in any other State.
‘‘(v) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations
governing voluntary paternity establishment services
offered by entities other than hospitals, which shall
include a requirement that any State agency that
provides such services must use the same materials
used by, provide the personnel providing such serv-
ices with the same training provided by, and evalu-
ate the provision of such services in the same man-
ner as hospital-based voluntary paternity establish-
ment programs.’’.
(b) NATIONAL PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT AFFI-
DAVIT.—Section 452(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
652(a)(7)), as amended by section 7(a)(2) of this Act, is
amended by inserting ‘‘, and develop an affidavit to be
used for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity’’ be-
fore the semicolon.
(c) SIGNED PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT AFFIDA-
VIT CONCLUSIVELY PRESUMED TO ESTABLISH PATER-
NITY.—Section 466(a)(5)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(5)(D)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(D)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ii)(I) Such procedures shall provide that the
written voluntary acknowledgment of the paternity
of a child shall, upon the expiration of the challenge
period, create a legal finding of paternity—
‘‘(aa) without any further action; or
‘‘(bb) at the option of the State, after a
court or administrative agency with which the
document containing the acknowledgment has
been filed within 5 business days after the expi-
ration of the challenge period issues an order
establishing such paternity.
‘‘(II) As used in subclause (I), the term ‘chal-
lenge period’ means, with respect to an acknowledg-
ment of paternity—
‘‘(aa) the 30-day period that begins on the
date of the acknowledgment; or
‘‘(bb) if the person who executed the ac-
knowledgment undergoes genetic testing within
30 days after the date of the acknowledgment,
the 30-day period that begins with the date the
person is notified of the results of the genetic
testing.’’.
SEC. 11. COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES.
Section 452 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j)(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall jointly issue regulations gov-
erning the coordination of State activities in collecting
child support pursuant to State plans approved under this
part and the activities of the Secretary of the Treasury
in collecting child support under section 7524 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall periodically report to the
Congress on any legislation needed to facilitate the coordi-
nation of such child support collection activities.’’.
SEC. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and
the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on Jan-
uary 1, 1996, and shall apply to—
(1) child support orders issued or modified on
or after such date, and, beginning 3 years after such
date, to all orders whether issued before, on, or after
such date; and
(2) payments under part D of title IV of the
Social Security Act for quarters beginning on or
after such date.
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