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TX Fam Code § 231.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 231 - Title Iv-D Services|Subchapter D. Location of Parents and Resources|Section 231.305. Memorandum of Understanding on Child Support for Children Receiving Public Assistance

Sec. 231.305.  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CHILD SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding governing the establishment and enforcement of court-ordered child support in cases involving children who receive financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code.  The memorandum shall require the agency and the department to:(1)  develop procedures to ensure that the information the department is required to collect to establish and enforce child support:(A)  is collected from the person applying to receive the financial assistance at the time the application is filed;(B)  is accurate and complete when the department forwards the information to the agency;(C)  is not information previously reported to the agency;  and(D)  is forwarded to the agency in an expeditious manner;(2)  develop procedures to ensure that the agency does not duplicate the efforts of the department in gathering necessary information;(3)  clarify each agency's responsibilities in the establishment and enforcement of child support;(4)  develop guidelines for use by eligibility workers and child support enforcement officers in obtaining from an applicant the information required to establish and enforce child support for that child;(5)  develop training programs for appropriate department personnel to enhance the collection of information for child support enforcement;(6)  develop a standard time, not to exceed 30 days, for the department to initiate a sanction on request from the agency;(7)  develop procedures for agency participation in department appeal hearings relating to noncompliance sanctions;(8)  develop performance measures regarding the timeliness and the number of sanctions resulting from agency requests for noncompliance sanctions;  and(9)  prescribe:(A)  the time in which the department is required to forward information under Subdivision (1)(D);  and(B)  what constitutes complete information under Subdivision (1)(B).(b)  The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services shall review and renew or modify the memorandum not later than January 1 of each even-numbered year.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 341, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Fam Code § 231.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 231 - Title Iv-D Services|Subchapter D. Location of Parents and Resources|Section 231.306. Maximizing Medical Support and Dental Support Establishment and Collection by the Title Iv-D Agency

Sec. 231.306.  MAXIMIZING MEDICAL SUPPORT AND DENTAL SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT AND COLLECTION BY THE TITLE IV-D AGENCY.  (a)  On the installation of an automated child support enforcement system, the Title IV-D agency is strongly encouraged to:(1)  maximize the collection of medical support and dental support; and(2)  establish cash medical support orders for children eligible for medical assistance under the state Medicaid program for whom private insurance coverage is not available.(b)  In this section:(1)  "Medical support" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.020.(2)  "Dental support" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.0095.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 341, Sec. 2.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2018.|
TX Fam Code § 231.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 231 - Title Iv-D Services|Subchapter D. Location of Parents and Resources|Section 231.307. Financial Institution Data Matches

Sec. 231.307.  FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency shall develop a system meeting the requirements of federal law (42 U.S.C. Sections 666(a)(4) and (17)) for the exchange of data with financial institutions doing business in the state to identify an account of an obligor owing past-due child support and to enforce support obligations against the obligor, including the imposition of a lien and a levy and execution on an obligor's assets held in financial institutions as required by federal law (42 U.S.C. Section 666(c)(1)(G)).(b)  The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures for data matches authorized under this section.(c)  The Title IV-D agency may enter into an agreement with one or more states to create a consortium for data matches authorized under this section.  The Title IV-D agency may contract with a vendor selected by the consortium to perform data matches with financial institutions.(d)  A financial institution providing information or responding to a notice of child support lien or levy provided under Subchapter G, Chapter 157, or otherwise acting in good faith to comply with the Title IV-D agency's procedures under this section may not be liable under any federal or state law for any damages that arise from those acts.(e)  In this section:(1)  "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311;  and(2)  "Account" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311.(f)  A financial institution participating in data matches authorized by this section may provide the Title IV-D agency an address for the purpose of service of notices or process required in actions under this section or Subchapter G, Chapter 157.(g)  This section does not apply to an insurer subject to the reporting requirements under Section 231.015.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 79, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 58, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (H.B. 1674), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Fam Code § 231.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 231 - Title Iv-D Services|Subchapter D. Location of Parents and Resources|Section 231.308. Public Identification of Certain Obligors

Sec. 231.308.  PUBLIC IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN OBLIGORS.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency shall develop a program to identify publicly certain child support obligors who are delinquent in the payment of child support.  The program shall include the displaying of photographs and profiles of obligors in public and private locations.  The Title IV-D agency shall use posters, the news media, and other cost-effective methods to display photographs and profiles of certain obligors who are in arrears in paying child support.  The Title IV-D agency shall divide the state into at least six regions for local identification of certain child support obligors who are delinquent in the payment of child support.(b)  The Title IV-D agency may not disclose information under this section that is by law required to remain confidential.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 231.309 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 231 - Title Iv-D Services|Subchapter D. Location of Parents and Resources|Section 231.309. Rewards for Information

Sec. 231.309.  REWARDS FOR INFORMATION.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency may offer a reward to an individual who provides information to the agency that leads to the collection of child support owed by an obligor who is delinquent in paying support.(b)  The Title IV-D agency shall adopt rules providing for the amounts of rewards offered under this section and the circumstances under which an individual providing information described in Subsection (a) is entitled to receive a reward.(c)  A reward paid under this section shall be paid from the child support retained collections account.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 234.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.001. Establishment and Operation of State Case Registry and State Disbursement Unit

Sec. 234.001.  ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF STATE CASE REGISTRY AND STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency shall establish and operate a state case registry and state disbursement unit meeting the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Sections 654a(e) and 654b and this subchapter.(b)  The state case registry shall maintain records of child support orders in Title IV-D cases and in other cases in which a child support order has been established or modified in this state on or after October 1, 1998.(c)  The state disbursement unit shall:(1)  receive, maintain, and furnish records of child support payments in Title IV-D cases and other cases as authorized by law;(2)  forward child support payments as authorized by law;(3)  maintain records of child support payments made through the state disbursement unit; and(4)  make available to a local registry each day in a manner determined by the Title IV-D agency the following information:(A)  the cause number of the suit under which withholding is required;(B)  the payor's name and social security number;(C)  the payee's name and, if available, social security number;(D)  the date the disbursement unit received the payment;(E)  the amount of the payment; and(F)  the instrument identification information.(d)  A certified child support payment record produced by the state disbursement unit is admissible as evidence of the truth of the information contained in the record and does not require further authentication or verification.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 94, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Fam Code § 234.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.002. Integrated System for Child Support, Medical Support, and Dental Support Enforcement

Sec. 234.002.  INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR CHILD SUPPORT, MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND DENTAL SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.  The statewide integrated system for child support, medical support, and dental support enforcement under Chapter 231 shall be part of the state case registry and state disbursement unit authorized by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 94, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1150 (S.B. 550), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2018.|
TX Fam Code § 234.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.004. Contracts and Cooperative Agreements

Sec. 234.004.  CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.  (a)  The Title IV-D agency may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements as necessary to establish and operate the state case registry and state disbursement unit authorized under this subchapter.(b)  To the extent funds are available for this purpose, the Title IV-D agency may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to process through the state disbursement unit child support collections in cases not otherwise eligible under 42 U.S.C. Section 654b.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, Sec. 94, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 234.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.006. Rulemaking

Sec. 234.006.  RULEMAKING.  The Title IV-D agency may adopt rules in compliance with federal law for the operation of the state case registry and the state disbursement unit.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 71, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 59, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Fam Code § 234.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.007. Notice of Place of Payment

Sec. 234.007.  NOTICE OF PLACE OF PAYMENT.  (a)  A court that orders a party to pay child support under a temporary or final order shall order that all child support payments be paid through the state disbursement unit, including any child support that the court orders an employer to withhold from the income of the obligor.(b)  In order to redirect payments to the state disbursement unit, the Title IV-D agency shall issue a notice of place of payment informing the obligor, obligee, and employer that income withheld for child support is to be paid to the state disbursement unit and may not be remitted to a local registry, the obligee, or any other person or agency.  If withheld support has been paid to a local registry, the Title IV-D agency shall send the notice to the registry to redirect any payments to the state disbursement unit.(c)  A copy of the notice under Subsection (b) shall be filed with the court of continuing jurisdiction.(d)  The notice under Subsection (b) must include:(1)  the name of the child for whom support is ordered and of the person to whom support is ordered by the court to be paid;(2)  the style and cause number of the case in which support is ordered;  and(3)  instructions for the payment of ordered support to the state disbursement unit.(e)  On receipt of a copy of the notice under Subsection (b), the clerk of the court shall file the notice in the appropriate case file.(f)  The notice under Subsection (b) may be used by the Title IV-D agency to redirect child support payments from the state disbursement unit of this state to the state disbursement unit of another state.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1247, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 355), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 286), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 234.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.008. Deposit, Distribution, and Issuance of Payments

Sec. 234.008.  DEPOSIT, DISTRIBUTION, AND ISSUANCE OF PAYMENTS.  (a)  Not later than the second business day after the date the state disbursement unit receives a child support payment, the state disbursement unit shall distribute the payment to the Title IV-D agency or the obligee.(b)  The state disbursement unit shall deposit daily all child support payments in a trust fund with the state comptroller.  Subject to the agreement of the comptroller, the state disbursement unit may issue checks from the trust fund.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972, Sec. 65(5), eff. September 1, 2007.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972, Sec. 65(5), eff. September 1, 2007.(e)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972, Sec. 65(5), eff. September 1, 2007.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1262, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 1238), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 228), Sec. 65(5), eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Fam Code § 234.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.009. Official Child Support Payment Record

Sec. 234.009.  OFFICIAL CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT RECORD.  (a)  The record of child support payments maintained by a local registry is the official record of a payment received directly by the local registry.(b)  The record of child support payments maintained by the state disbursement unit is the official record of a payment received directly by the unit.(c)  After the date child support payments formerly received by a local registry are redirected to the state disbursement unit, a local registry may accept a record of payments furnished by the state disbursement unit and may add the payments to the record of payments maintained by the local registry so that a complete payment record is available for use by the court.(d)  If the local registry does not add payments received by the state disbursement unit to the record maintained by the registry as provided by Subsection (c), the official record of child support payments consists of the record maintained by the local registry for payments received directly by the registry and the record maintained by the state disbursement unit for payments received directly by the unit.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 68, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Fam Code § 234.0091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.0091. Administrative Review of Child Support Payment Record

Sec. 234.0091.  ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT RECORD.  (a)  On request, the state disbursement unit shall provide to an obligor or obligee a copy of the record of child support payments maintained by the unit.  The record must include the amounts and dates of all payments received from or on behalf of the obligor and disbursed to the obligee.(b)  An obligor or obligee may request that the Title IV-D agency investigate an alleged discrepancy between the child support payment record provided by the state disbursement unit under Subsection (a) and the payment records maintained by the obligor or obligee.  The obligor or obligee making the request must provide to the Title IV-D agency documentation of the alleged discrepancy, including a canceled check or other evidence of a payment or disbursement at issue.(c)  The Title IV-D agency shall respond to a request under Subsection (b) not later than the 20th day after the date the agency receives the request.  If, after an investigation, the agency determines that the child support payment record maintained by the state disbursement unit should be amended, the state disbursement unit shall immediately make the required amendment to the record and notify the obligor or obligee who made the request under Subsection (b) of that amendment.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1085, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Fam Code § 234.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle D - Administrative Services|Chapter 234 - State Case Registry, Disbursement Unit, and Directory of New Hires|Subchapter A. Unified State Case Registry and Disbursement Unit|Section 234.010. Direct Deposit and Electronic Benefits Transfer of Child Support Payments

Sec. 234.010.  DIRECT DEPOSIT AND ELECTRONIC BENEFITS TRANSFER OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.  (a)  The state disbursement unit authorized under this chapter may make a direct deposit of a child support payment to an obligee by electronic funds transfer into an account with a financial institution maintained by the obligee.  It is the responsibility of the obligee to notify the state disbursement unit of:(1)  the existence of an account;(2)  the appropriate routing information for direct deposit by electronic funds transfer into an account; and(3)  any modification to account information previously provided to the state disbursement unit, including information that an account has been closed.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the state disbursement unit shall deposit a child support payment by electronic funds transfer into a debit card account established for the obligee by the Title IV-D agency if the obligee:(1)  does not maintain an account with a financial institution;(2)  fails to notify the state disbursement unit of the existence of an account maintained with a financial institution; or(3)  closes an account maintained with a financial institution previously used to accept direct deposit of a child support payment without establishing a new account and notifying the state disbursement unit of the new account in accordance with Subsection (a).(c)  The Title IV-D agency shall:(1)  issue a debit card to each obligee for whom a debit card account is established under Subsection (b); and(2)  provide the obligee with instructions for activating and using the debit card.(c-1)  Chapter 604, Business & Commerce Code, does not apply to a debit card issued under Subsection (c).(d)  An obligee may decline in writing to receive child support payments by electronic funds transfer into an account with a financial institution or a debit card account and request that payments be provided by paper warrants if the obligee alleges that receiving payments by electronic funds transfer would impose a substantial hardship.(e)  A child support payment disbursed by the state disbursement unit by electronic funds transfer into an account with a financial institution maintained by the obligee or into a debit card account established for the obligee under Subsection (b) is solely the property of the obligee.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 6, Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 234.006 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(33), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 551 (S.B. 1777), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 767 (S.B. 865), Sec. 30, eff. June 19, 2009.|