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GA Code § 19-11-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-23. Authority of District Attorneys

  The district attorneys of this state shall be authorized to render such assistance to the department as the department may request and to file and prosecute, in any of the several courts of this state or of the United States, such civil or criminal actions on behalf of the department as may be necessary to ensure the proper enforcement of this article.   When acting pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the district attorney shall represent the department and the department shall be the sole client of the district attorney.    (Ga. L. 1977, p. 722, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1816, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 861, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1833, § 5.)   Cross references.   - Supplemental compensation for district attorney rendering assistance under section, § 15-18-11.   Law reviews.   - For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 227 (1989).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Boone v. State, Dep't of Human Resources ex rel. Carter, 250 Ga. 379, 297 S.E.2d 727 (1982); Cox v. Department of Human Resources, 174 Ga. App. 377, 330 S.E.2d 120 (1985); Neal v. State, 182 Ga. App. 37, 354 S.E.2d 664 (1987).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Employment of personnel by district attorney not specifically authorized.   - Statute constitutes specific authorization for district attorneys to provide assistance to the Department of Human Resources but does not specifically authorize the district attorney to employ personnel for that purpose. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U79-12.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, § 111.
GA Code § 19-11-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-24. Conformity With Federal Law Intended; Adoption of Necessary Regulations Authorized

 Nothing in this article is intended to conflict with any federal law or to result in the loss of federal funds. The department may adopt regulations necessary to prevent conflict with federal law or the loss of federal funds.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 19.)
GA Code § 19-11-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-25. Availability of Information About Overdue Support to Consumer Reporting Agency; Notice to Debtor Parent; Fee

  In accordance with Section 466(a) of the federal Social Security Act, the department shall make available information regarding the amount of overdue support owed by an absent parent residing in the state to any consumer reporting agency, as defined in Section 603(f) of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, upon the request of such agency.   If the amount of overdue support involved in any case is less than $1,000.00, information regarding such overdue support may be made available in the discretion of the department.   Any information with respect to an absent parent shall be made available only after notice of the proposed action has been sent by the department to such absent parent and such absent parent has been given a reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy of such information.   The department may collect a fee from the recipient for furnishing such information not to exceed the actual cost thereof.     (Code 1981, §19-11-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 785, § 8.)
GA Code § 19-11-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-26. Accident and Sickness Insurance Coverage for Children; Order Requiring Medical Support

  In all cases involving the assignment and collection of child support, or where medical assistance benefits are being provided, the department or court may determine, as a regular part of its investigation and inquiry, whether accident and sickness coverage for the child or children involved is reasonably available to a party to a court order at a reasonable cost in connection with the party's employment or union. For purposes of this article, the term "person or entity providing access to coverage" shall mean an employer or union which offers a group insurance plan, as defined in Section 607(b) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, a health maintenance organization or a service benefit plan, or any other policy of health insurance under Title 33. If it is determined that such coverage is reasonably available in connection with the medical insurance obligor's employment or union, the department is authorized to petition for modification of any existing order of support to include the provision of such coverage, to intervene in any pending action to have such coverage included, or to include the request for such coverage in any action brought by the department.   Upon petition by the department to have accident and sickness insurance coverage included, any court or administrative hearing officer having jurisdiction over the matter may include the provision of medical support in any order of support it may enter, if such medical support is found to be available to the medical insurance obligor in connection with his or her employment or union at a reasonable cost consistent with subsection (a) of this Code section.   Any order requiring medical support under this Code section shall contain language notifying the medical insurance obligor that failure to provide accident and sickness insurance coverage may result in direct enforcement of the order. Any order of medical support entered or modified prior to April 1, 1994, shall be construed as a matter of law to contain this notice.   Any order requiring medical support under this Code section shall remain in effect until:   A further order of the court or hearing officer;   The child is emancipated, if there is no express language to the contrary in the order; or   Coverage is no longer available and no conversion privileges exist at a reasonable cost to continue coverage beyond the termination date of the policy.     Any order requiring medical support under this Code section shall not require a plan to provide any type or form of benefit, or any option not otherwise provided under the plan, except to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of this Code section.     (Code 1981, §19-11-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 785, § 8; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 2; Ga. L. 2010, p. 245, § 3/HB 1118.)
GA Code § 19-11-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-28. Accident and Sickness Insurance Coverage for Children; Authorization of Payments of Benefits; Notice of Termination; Immunity From Liability of Person or Entity Providing Access to Coverage

  The signature of the medical insurance obligee or an agent of the department shall constitute a valid authorization to any insurer to process benefits and to make payments to a health care provider or the medical insurance obligee in accordance with any accident and sickness insurance policy.   An order of medical support shall operate as an assignment to the medical insurance obligee of any right to benefits under a policy of accident and sickness coverage maintained by the medical insurance obligor insofar as dependent coverage is available. The medical insurance obligee shall be subrogated to the rights of the medical insurance obligor to the extent necessary to pursue any claim against the insurer under such policy.   Within ten business days after termination of a policy of accident and sickness insurance established pursuant to Code Section 19-11-27, or the termination of employment of the medical insurance obligor, the person or entity providing access to such coverage on behalf of a medical insurance obligor shall mail a termination notice to the person or entity which initially sent a notice of enrollment or National Medical Support Notice and provide the medical insurance obligor's last known address and, if known, the address of the medical insurance obligor's new employer.   Any person or entity providing access to accident and sickness coverage on behalf of a medical insurance obligor shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability while complying in good faith with the provisions of this Code section and Code Section 19-11-27.   Any person or entity acting as a plan fiduciary who makes payment pursuant to this Code section discharges to the extent of any payment the plan's obligation.     (Code 1981, §19-11-28, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 8; Ga. L. 2010, p. 245, § 5/HB 1118.)
GA Code § 19-11-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-29. Accident and Sickness Insurance Coverage for Children; Liability and Penalty Applicable to Person or Entity Providing Access to Coverage and Insurers

  Any person or entity providing access to accident and sickness insurance coverage on behalf of a medical insurance obligor in connection with the medical insurance obligor's employment or union shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 per occurrence for willful failure to enroll promptly, without regard to enrollment season restrictions, a dependent in an accident and sickness insurance plan under an order of medical support or a notice of enrollment; provided, however, that no liability shall exist where such person or entity acts in accordance with subsection (g) of Code Section 19-11-27.   Insurers shall not deny enrollment of a child under subsection (a) of this Code section in a parent's health insurance coverage on the ground that the child was born out of wedlock, is not claimed as a dependent on the parent's federal income tax return, or does not reside with the parent or in the insurer's service area.   Any person or entity providing access to accident and sickness insurance coverage on behalf of a medical insurance obligor shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 per occurrence for the disenrollment by the medical insurance obligor, or elimination of coverage of the child, unless the medical insurance obligor provides written proof that the child has been enrolled or will be enrolled in comparable insurance coverage, with the coverage to take effect no later than the effective date of disenrollment; provided, however, that no liability shall exist where such person or entity acts in accordance with subsection (d) of Code Section 19-11-26.   The department may recover the civil penalty provided for in this Code section by civil action or pursuant to any remedy otherwise available for the enforcement of court orders.     (Code 1981, §19-11-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 9; Ga. L. 2010, p. 245, § 6/HB 1118.)
GA Code § 19-11-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30. Confidentiality of Information and Records; Safeguards Against Unauthorized Use

    Information and records obtained by the department pursuant to any provision of this article or Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act shall be deemed to be confidential and shall be released only by permission of the party or parties named in the information or records, by order of the court, or for those purposes specifically authorized by this article. Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   The department shall provide to an attorney representing an obligor, to an attorney representing an obligee, or to a private child support collector, as defined in Code Section 10-1-392, and hired by an obligee and acting pursuant to a power of attorney signed by such obligee, any documents which such obligor or obligee would be entitled to request and receive from the child support enforcement agency.     The department shall establish safeguards against the unauthorized use or disclosure of information relating to:   Proceedings or actions to establish paternity;   Proceedings to establish or enforce support;   The whereabouts of one party to another party against whom a protective order with respect to the former party has been entered; and   The whereabouts of one party to another party if the department has reason to believe that the release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to the former party.       (Code 1981, §19-11-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 4; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 29; Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 5/HB 189; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-23/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, in paragraph (a)(2), near the middle, inserted "obligor, to an attorney representing an", added a comma following "obligee", inserted "and"; and inserted "obligor or" and substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "Child Support Enforcement Agency of the department" near the end.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 6/HB 189, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall be applicable to all contracts for private collection of child support payments entered into on or after July 1, 2009.   Law reviews.   - For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.1. Bank Match Registry

 The department shall establish a computer based registry of account data obtained from financial institutions doing business in this state. Such registry shall include only identifying information for obligors whom the child support enforcement agency believes owe child support and who are not under a child support order, and for obligors who are delinquent in an amount equal to or in excess of their support payment for one month. Such registry shall be known as the Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry. The child support enforcement agency shall be the sole agency with access to this data. Access shall be for the purpose of establishing and enforcing orders for support. The department is authorized to establish the procedures and the costs to be paid for performing the data searches and for providing the data to the department's child support enforcement agency.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 10; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.3. Responsibility of Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry

 The Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry shall examine the data provided, make positive identification of cases submitted by the child support enforcement agency for child support enforcement purposes, and report the matched accounts in machine readable form. Upon the receipt of such information, the department, and where appropriate local contractors, shall seek to verify the accuracy of the information presented.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 12; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" in the first sentence of this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.4. Disclosure of Information

 No employee or agent of the state shall divulge any information collected pursuant to Code Sections 19-11-30.1 through 19-11-30.3 or Code Section 19-11-30.6 to any public or private agency or individual except in the manner prescribed in this Code section. Information may be disclosed and shared by and between any employee of an administering agency and any subgrantee, local administering agency, or contractor performing child support enforcement functions under the provisions of Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. Unauthorized disclosure shall be punished pursuant to Code Section 19-11-30.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.4, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 19.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.5. Failure of Financial Institution to Comply

 Any financial institution required to submit a report pursuant to Code Section 19-11-30.2 which fails without reasonable cause as determined by the department to comply with such reporting requirements and which, after notification by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery by the department, return receipt requested, of such failure, continues for more than 15 business days after the mailing of such notification to fail to comply without reasonable cause shall be liable for a penalty of $1,000.00. Any financial institution which willfully provides false information in reply to such notification shall be liable for a penalty of $1,000.00.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 13.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 16, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section is applicable with respect to notices delivered on or after July 1, 2000.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.6. Reciprocal Agreements With Other States

 The commissioner of human services, in cooperation with the child support enforcement agency, shall establish a program of wage and bank information sharing with other states. The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to share lists of absent parents who owe support payments to the child support enforcement agency. Such reciprocal agreements shall only be made with states which administer programs that the commissioner of human services, in consultation with the child support enforcement agency, determines are substantially similar. The wage and bank information sharing program shall apply only to states which have similar prohibitions and penalties for disclosure of information. The prohibitions and penalties of Code Section 19-11-30.4 shall also apply to any such information received from any other state under a reciprocal agreement.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.6, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 14; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.7. Construction

 Code Sections 19-11-30, 19-11-30.4, and 19-11-30.6 shall not be construed to prevent the release by the commissioner of human services of such wage and bank information data for the purposes described in Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.7, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 15; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.8. Annual Reports

 The commissioner of human services shall file an annual report describing the status of the wage reporting and bank match systems. The report shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate for the previous state fiscal year no later than September 30 of each year.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.8, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 16; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.9. Information Subject to Disclosure; Penalty

 As an exception to Code Section 7-1-360, a financial institution furnishing a report or providing information for the commissioner of human services under Code Section 19-11-30.2 shall not disclose to a depositor or an account holder that the name of such person has been received from or furnished to the department; provided, however, that a financial institution may disclose to its depositors or account holders that under the bank match system the department has the authority to request certain identifying information on certain depositors or account holders. If a financial institution willfully violates the provisions of this Code section, such institution shall pay to the department the lesser of $1,000.00 or the amount on deposit or in the account of the person to whom such disclosure was made. A financial institution shall incur no obligation or liability to a depositor or account holder or any other person arising from the furnishing of a report or information to the department pursuant to Code Section 19-11-30.2 or from the failure to disclose to a depositor or account holder that the name of such person was included in a list furnished by the department or in a report furnished by the financial institution to the department.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.9, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 17; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-30.10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.10. Authority to Levy and Seize Deposit

 The child support enforcement agency shall have the authority to levy and seize a deposit or account in accordance with Code Section 19-11-32.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.10, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" in this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).