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Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2301 - Definitions

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A. "Accreditation" means a status conferred on a provider by
				  a nationally recognized agency that indicates the provider meets the
				  professional standards of the reviewing body.
B. "Applicant" means a provider requesting deemed status from
				  the Department.
C. "Application" means the letter, documents, and additional
				  information relating to the accreditation that the Department requires an
				  applicant to submit to request deemed status.
D. "Complete application" means an application that conforms
				  to the requirements of this Article and that provides sufficient information
				  under
				  R6-6-2302(A)
				  for the Department to determine that the standards of the accrediting agency
				  meet Department standards.
E. "Day" means a calendar day.
F. "Department" means the Arizona Department of Economic
				  Security.
G. "Deemed status" means that the Department has determined
				  that a provider has been accredited by a nationally recognized agency whose
				  accreditation standards meet Department standards for the program or service
				  offered by the provider to Department consumers.
H. "Division" means the Division of Developmental
				  Disabilities within the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
I. "Department standards" means programmatic and contractual
				  requirements provided in statute, rule, contract, policy, and procedure for the
				  program or service to which the standard applies.
J. "Documentation" means written information in any
				  medium.
K. "Nationally recognized agency" or "accrediting agency"
				  means a nationally recognized accrediting body for organizations, programs, and
				  services that correspond to organizations, programs, and services for which a
				  provider seeks deemed status under this Article. A list of nationally
				  recognized agencies approved by the Department for purposes of deemed status is
				  available on the Division's web site at:
http://www.azdes.gov/ddd
.
L. "Provider" means an individual, agency, or other
				  organization that provides or seeks to provide programs and services to
				  Division consumers.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2302 - Deemed Status: Eligibility, Application, and Limitations

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A. To be eligible
				for deemed status, the provider shall:
1.
				Have a current accreditation from a nationally recognized agency for
				organizations, programs, and services the provider offers or seeks to offer to
				Division consumers.
2. Submit a
				letter to the Department's Division of Developmental Disabilities applying for
				deemed status. The letter shall:
a. Name the
				accrediting agency,
b. Specify the
				applicant's programs or services that the nationally recognized agency has
				accredited,
c. Include
				documentation of:
i. The current accreditation
				certificate;
ii. Correspondence
				between the provider and the accrediting agency relating to the accreditation,
				including attachments, corrective action plans, survey/credentialing reports,
				notices of deficiency, quality improvement plans, and any similar document,
				correspondence, or information that pertains to the programs, services, and
				staff providing the programs and services for which the provider seeks deemed
				status; and
d. State
				that the provider agrees to adhere to and be accountable for meeting all
				Department standards.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2303 - Time-frame for Department Review of Application

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A. Within 30 days of receiving an application
				for deemed status, the Department shall:
1.
				Review the application for completeness, and
2. Send written notification to the applicant
				if the application is incomplete. The written notification shall state:
a. The reason the Department considers the
				application to be incomplete,
b.
				The information the Department requires the applicant to submit to complete the
				application,
c. The time-frame for
				submitting the additional information.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2304 - Responsibilities of a Provider with Deemed Status

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A. A provider with deemed status shall adhere
				to and be accountable for meeting all Department standards.
B. A provider with deemed status shall
				provide the Department timely and complete copies of any correspondence or
				documents relating to the accreditation, including attachments, on file with or
				sent between the provider and the accrediting agency that pertain to the
				programs, services, and staff providing the programs and services for which the
				Department has granted deemed status to the provider. Timely and complete
				documentation means that the provider shall send the Division a complete copy
				of all correspondence between the provider and the accrediting agency within 10
				days of sending or receiving the correspondence.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2305 - Expiration and Renewal of Deemed Status

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A. Deemed status shall expire on the earlier
				of the expiration date of the provider's accreditation at the time of
				application for deemed status, or three years from the date deemed status is
				granted by the Department.
B. The
				Department shall renew deemed status using the same procedures in this Article
				for initial application.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2306 - Notice of Change in Accreditation

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A. The provider with deemed status shall
				advise the Department of any change in the provider's accreditation within 10
				days of the change.
B. Failure to
				provide timely notice of a change in accreditation is grounds for revocation of
				deemed status.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2308 - Programmatic and Contractual Monitoring of Provider with Deemed Status

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A. The Department
				shall reduce its required monitoring visits for residential care service
				providers described in A.R.S. §
									36-557(G)(2)
				 from two times a year to one time a year for
				a residential care service provider with deemed status.
B. If the Department determines that there is
				reasonable cause to believe the provider with deemed status is not adhering to
				Department standards, as required this Article, the Department or its designee
				may enter the premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of determining
				the state of the provider's compliance with the programmatic or contractual
				requirements of the Department.
C.
				A provider's deemed status shall not limit the Department's ability to conduct
				a full investigation, including site visits, at any time in response to
				complaints, incidents, or health and safety concerns, or to require corrective
				action or impose other sanctions in accordance with contract and law.
D. The Department shall report all
				complaints, findings, and required corrective action to the accrediting
				agency.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2309 - Revocation of Deemed Status

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A. The Department shall revoke deemed status:
1. When the accrediting agency finds one or
				more instances of uncorrected noncompliance with accreditation standards that
				affect health and safety;
2. When
				the accreditation status of the provider, program, or service expires without
				renewal;
3. When the accrediting
				agency withdraws the provider's accreditation or downgrades the provider's
				accreditation to a level or category that does not meet Department
				standards;
4. When the Department
				finds that the provider is not adhering to Department standards;
5. When the Department finds that the
				standards of the accrediting agency no longer meet Department
				standards;
6. If the accrediting
				agency ceases to exist; or
7. If
				the Department determines that the provider has not timely reported a change in
				its accreditation under this Article.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2310 - Administrative Review, Appeal, and Hearing

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A. A provider seeking administrative review
				of the Department's decision to revoke deemed status may, within 35 calendar
				days of the decision, file a written request with the Division.
B. The Division shall review the request for
				an administrative review and render a written decision within 30 calendar days
				of receipt of the request.
C. The
				procedures in 6 A.A.C. 6, Article 22 shall govern an appeal of any
				administrative review decision. These procedures provide for a hearing before
				the Department's Office of Appeals and further review by the Department's
				Appeals Board.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Article 23 - DEEMED STATUS › Section R6-6-2311 - Judicial Review

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Any person adversely affected by an Appeals Board decision
				  may seek judicial review as prescribed in A.R.S. §
									41-1993.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R6-7-102 - Interest on Support and Related Payments

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Interest shall not accrue on support and related payments
				  retained by the Clearinghouse for disbursement and the Clearinghouse shall not
				  pay interest on these monies unless state or federal statutes require payment
				  of interest.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R6-7-103 - Payment Handling Fee

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Under A.R.S. §
									25-510,
				  the monthly payment handling fee shall be $8.00.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 4 - PASSPORT DENIAL › Section R6-7-401 - Definitions

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The following definitions apply in this Article unless
				  otherwise provided in a specific Section of this Article:
1. "Certification" means to furnish OCSE with the name,
				  identifying information, and amount of the arrearage owed by an individual
				  determined delinquent in fulfilling a child support obligation.
2. "Federal administrative offset" means the interception of
				  certain federal payments in order to collect past-due child support. Based on
				  the Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) of 1996, the process is managed by
				  the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), through the Financial
				  Management Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury, in conjunction with
				  the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program.
3. "Passport denial" means the certification process followed
				  by the Title IV-D Agency and the United States Secretary of State, to refuse to
				  issue a passport or to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport that was
				  previously issued, because the obligor in a Title IV-D case has an arrearage in
				  an amount that qualifies for certification under federal statute.
4. "Secretary" means the United States Secretary of
				  State.
5. "Title IV-D case" means a proceeding for support managed
				  by the Title IV-D Agency as required by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act,
				  42 U.S.C.
				  651 et seq.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 4 - PASSPORT DENIAL › Section R6-7-402 - Certification and Criteria

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A.
				The Title IV-D Agency shall:
1. Submit and
				certify to OCSE for passport denial any Title IV-D case with an arrearage that
				qualifies for certification under federal statute; and
2. Refer the case to OCSE for federal income
				tax refund offset and federal administrative offset under federal
				statute.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 4 - PASSPORT DENIAL › Section R6-7-403 - Notice

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A. The Title IV-D
				Agency shall provide written notice to an obligor that the obligor has a
				support arrearage in an amount that qualifies for certification under federal
				statute, and that the obligor has been referred for federal administrative
				offset, federal income tax refund offset, and passport denial.
B. The Title IV-D Agency shall send the
				notice to an obligor by first class mail. The mailing of the notice to the
				obligor's last known address of record with Title IV-D Agency constitutes
				proper and sufficient notice.
C.
				The notice shall inform the obligor of the right to contest the enforcement
				action.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 4 - PASSPORT DENIAL › Section R6-7-404 - Administrative Review

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A. An
				obligor may file a written request for administrative review by the Title IV-D
				Agency within 30 business days from the date on the notice mailed in accordance
				with
				R6-7-403.
B. An obligor has the burden of proof
				regarding each issue raised in an administrative review.
C. The issues in an administrative review are
				limited to:
1. Whether there has been a
				mistake regarding the identity of the obligor; and
2. The amount of the obligor's arrearage, if
				any.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 4 - PASSPORT DENIAL › Section R6-7-405 - Withdrawal of Certification for Passport Denial

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A. The Title IV-D Agency shall notify OCSE to
				withdraw certification for passport denial for an obligor if one or more of the
				following applies:
1. The Title IV-D Agency
				makes a final determination during an administrative review that:
a. The case does not meet the criteria for
				passport denial in
				R6-7-402;
				or
b. There has been a mistake
				regarding the identity of the obligor;
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 4 - PASSPORT DENIAL › Section R6-7-406 - Appeal from Administrative Review

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A Title IV-D Agency determination made under this Article is
				  subject to judicial review under A.R.S. Title 12, Chapter 7, Article 6
				  (Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions), or other applicable
				  law.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-601 - Distribution

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A. The Title IV-D
				Agency shall distribute monies collected in a Title IV-D case in accordance
				with state and federal law and the provisions of this Article in the following
				sequence to:
1. Current child
				support;
2. Current spousal
				maintenance;
3. Current cash
				medical support;
4. Child support
				judgments for arrearage or past support, and the applicable corresponding
				interest;
5. Spousal maintenance
				judgments for arrearage or past support and the applicable corresponding
				interest;
6. Pregnancy and
				childbirth judgments and the corresponding interest;
7. Cash medical support judgments and the
				corresponding interest;
8.
				Judgments for uncovered medical costs and the corresponding interest;
9. Child support arrearages not reduced to a
				written judgment and the corresponding interest;
10. Spousal maintenance arrearages not
				reduced to a written judgment and the corresponding interest;
11. Cash medical support arrearages not
				reduced to a written judgment, and the corresponding interest;
12. Current month's handling fee;
13. Handling fees owed to the Support Payment
				Clearinghouse;
14. IRS tax
				reversals;
15. Other fees or costs;
				and
16. Futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-602 - Receipt and Use of Foreign Currency or Other Foreign Payment

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A. An obligor
				acting under an order for support issued by a court or an administrative entity
				in the U.S. shall pay support and other obligations in U.S. dollars. If the
				obligor or payor pays in a foreign currency, check, draft, or other negotiable
				form of payment, the Title IV-D Agency shall give the obligor credit for the
				U.S. dollar equivalent of the foreign currency, check, draft, or other
				negotiable form of payment tendered. The U.S. dollar equivalent is based on the
				conversion rate used by the state's bank on the date the payment is
				received.
B. If an obligor or payor
				tenders payment in a foreign currency, draft, check, or other negotiable form
				of payment under a U.S. support order and the equivalent value in U.S. dollars
				is less than the ordered amount, the difference between the ordered amount and
				the amount tendered constitutes an unpaid amount owed.
C. If an obligor or payor tenders payment in
				a foreign currency, draft, check, or other negotiable form of payment under a
				U.S. support order, and the equivalent value in U.S. dollars is more than the
				ordered amount, the Title IV-D Agency shall distribute the excess amount
				according to
				R6-7-601(A).
D. If an obligor or payor tenders payment in
				a foreign currency, draft, check, or other negotiable form of payment as
				required under a foreign support order, the Title IV-D Agency shall give the
				obligor credit for the amount tendered regardless of the conversion value in
				U.S. dollars.
E. The Clearinghouse
				shall disburse support and related payments it receives in U.S.
				dollars.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-603 - Allocation of Monies Received from Federal Income Tax Refund Offset to Arrearages

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If monies received from a federal income tax refund offset do
				  not satisfy the total arrearages for all cases submitted by the Title IV-D
				  Agency to OCSE for payment owed by an obligor to multiple obligees, the Title
				  IV-D Agency shall make a proportionate allocation to each obligee whose case
				  was submitted for federal income tax refund offset. The Title IV-D Agency shall
				  determine the proportionate share by dividing the total arrearages owed to each
				  obligee by the total arrearages owed by the obligor and multiplying the
				  resulting percentage by the amount of the federal income tax refund
				  offset.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-604 - Allocation of Other Than Internal Revenue Service Payments to Multiple Obligees

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A. If
				the Title IV-D Agency receives a support payment not paid by an income
				withholding order that is undesignated as to case or obligee and it does not
				satisfy the total current support owed by one obligor to multiple obligees, the
				Title IV-D Agency shall use the following procedure to determine the amount of
				support allocated to each obligee:
1.
				Determine the total current support owed by the obligor to all
				obligees,
2. Divide the current
				support that the obligor owes to each obligee by the total current support that
				the obligor owes to all obligees, and
3. Multiply the resulting percentage by the
				payment.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-605 - Distribution of Monies Received from Federal Income Tax Refund Offset to Arrearages

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If the federal income tax refund offset received from the
				  Internal Revenue Service on behalf of an obligor is greater than the total
				  arrearages owed for all cases submitted for federal income tax refund offset,
				  the Title IV-D Agency shall refund any excess monies to the obligor, unless the
				  obligor agrees in writing that the monies may be applied to other obligations
				  owed.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-606 - Distribution of Futures

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The Title IV-D Agency shall apply futures as provided in
				  45 CFR
				  302.51(b) (Office of the
				  Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, October 1,
				  2004), which is incorporated by reference and on file with the Department. This
				  incorporation by reference does not include any later amendments or editions.
				  The Title IV-D Agency shall also follow the same regulation in never assistance
				  and former assistance cases.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-607 - Distribution of Prepaid Support

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A. The Title IV-D Agency shall treat payments
				as prepaid support only if there is no alternative that would allow for prompt
				payment of support owed to an obligee in a future month.
B. The Title IV-D Agency shall release any
				prepaid support in the applicable future month for distribution in accordance
				with
				R6-7-601(A).
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-608 - Distribution in Title IV-E Cases

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A. The Department shall retain monies
				collected in a Title IV-E case for reimbursement of Title IV-E expenditures
				under A.R.S. §
									8-243.02.
B. While a case is current Title IV-E, all
				support collected shall be disbursed in accordance with
				45
				CFR 302.52 (Office of the Federal Register,
				National Archives and Records Administration, October 1, 2004), which is
				incorporated by reference and on file with the Department. This incorporation
				by reference does not include any later amendments or editions. If the
				collection is more than the current monthly support and exceeds the total Title
				IV-E expenditures, then the Department shall use the collection to pay any
				arrearages assigned to the state under A.R.S. §
									46-407.
				If arrearages have been paid, the Department shall pay any excess in a current
				Title IV-E case to the Title IV-E Agency for the benefit of the Title IV-E
				child.
C. When a case is former
				Title IV-E and former assistance with arrearages assigned to the state under
				A.R.S. §
									46-407
				and A.R.S. §
									8-243.02,
				the Department shall first apply arrearage collections to the arrearages
				assigned under A.R.S. §
									46-407.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-609 - Distribution in Current Assistance Cases with a Child Exempt from Assignment

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A. In a current
				assistance case, when a child is determined to be a Child Not on Grant, the
				Title IV-D Agency shall distribute current support collected for a Child Not on
				Grant on or after the end of the month in which the current support is
				collected. Arrearages that accrue and are collected while the assistance unit
				is receiving cash assistance shall be distributed on or after the end of the
				month in which the arrearages are collected.
B. If a child support order for a Child Not
				on Grant covers children who are not subject to A.R.S. §
									46-407(B),
				the Title IV-D agency shall divide the ordered child support amount by the
				number of children in the order. The Title IV-D Agency shall distribute the
				prorated share of the child support collected for the benefit of the Child Not
				on Grant.
C. Beginning July 1,
				2003, for current child support and any child support arrearages that accrue
				during the period of assistance, the Title IV-D Agency shall distribute the
				prorated share of child support collected for the benefit of a child who is
				subject to A.R.S. §
									46-292(G)
				 on or after the end of the month in which it
				is collected.
D. If a child support
				order for a child subject to A.R.S. §
									46-292(G)
				 also covers children who are not subject to
				A.R.S. §
									46-292(G),
				the Title IV-D Agency shall divide the ordered child support amount by the
				number of children in the order. The Title IV-D Agency shall distribute the
				prorated share of the child support collected for the benefit of the child
				subject to A.R.S. § 46-292(G).
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 6 - TITLE IV-D DISTRIBUTION › Section R6-7-610 - Distribution of Cash Medical Support in Title XIX Cases

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A. The Title IV-D Agency shall retain current
				cash medical support monies for a child receiving Title XIX services under
				A.R.S. §
									46-407
				where the recipient of services is an individual to whom court ordered medical
				support is owed.
B. When a child is
				receiving Title XIX services, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse all current
				cash medical support for that child to the Title XIX Agency in accordance with
				45 CFR
				302.51 on or after the end of the month in
				which the current cash medical support is collected. The Title IV-D Agency
				shall distribute arrearages that accrue and are collected while the child is
				receiving Title XIX services on or after the end of the month in which the
				arrearages are collected.
C. When a
				child is no longer receiving Title XIX services, the Title IV-D Agency shall
				disburse current cash medical support in accordance with
				R6-7-701. The Title
				IV-D Agency shall distribute collections of cash medical support arrears that
				accrued while the child was receiving Title XIX services in accordance with
				R6-7-601 to the
				Title XIX Agency.
D. If a cash
				medical support order covers children who are not receiving Title XIX services
				and children who are receiving Title XIX services, the Title IV-D Agency shall
				divide the ordered cash medical support amount by the number of children in the
				order. The Title IV-D Agency shall distribute the prorated share of cash
				medical support for the benefit of the children receiving Title XIX services to
				the Title XIX Agency and the prorated share of cash medical support for the
				benefit of the children not receiving Title XIX services to the
				obligee.
E. When a case is former
				Title XIX and former assistance with arrearages assigned to the state under
				A.R.S. §
									46-407,
				the Title IV-D Agency shall first apply arrearage collections to the child and
				spousal support arrearages assigned under A.R.S. § 46-407.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-701 - Disbursement

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A. The Title IV-D
				Agency shall disburse support and related payments that the Title IV-D Agency
				receives in a Title IV-D case to one or more of the following recipients:
1. An obligee or an agent authorized in
				writing by an obligee or as determined by law;
2. A Title IV-D agency of another state if
				the agency submits a request for support establishment or enforcement services
				and is authorized to receive support under U.I.F.S.A.;
3. The federal government, if Arizona is
				providing or has provided cash assistance to the assistance unit, or a member
				of the assistance unit, or if Arizona is providing or has provided Title IV-E
				foster care maintenance payments, or if the annual $25.00 fee is owed, pursuant
				to
				R6-7-611;
4. A state, if the state is providing or has
				provided cash assistance to the assistance unit that does not exceed the total
				amount of unreimbursed cash assistance;
5. An obligor, if a refund is due;
6. A bankruptcy trustee;
7. A state or federal agency as authorized by
				law;
8. A caretaker under Arizona
				statute and
				R6-7-712.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-702 - Disbursement in Never Assistance Cases through December 31, 2002

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Except as provided in
				  R6-7-710
				  and
				  R6-7-711
				  for federal income tax refund offsets, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse
				  support and related payments collected for an Arizona never assistance case to
				  a recipient of services under Title IV-D or Title XIX of the Social Security
				  Act as follows:
1. First, to current
				support;
2. Second, to the handling
				fee for the month in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the
				support;
3. Third, to never
				assigned arrearages;
4. Fourth, to
				fees and costs and unpaid handling fees;
5. Fifth, to futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-703 - Disbursement in Never Assistance Cases on and after January 1, 2003

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Except as provided in
				  R6-7-710
				  and
				  R6-7-711
				  for federal income tax refund offsets, and
				  R6-7-611
				  for the mandatory annual fee effective on and after October 1, 2009, the Title
				  IV-D Agency shall disburse support and related payments collected for an
				  Arizona never assistance case to a recipient of services under Title IV-D or
				  Title XIX of the Social Security Act as follows:
1. First, to current support;
2. Second, to never assigned
				arrearages;
3. Third, to the
				handling fee for the month in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the support
				and unpaid handling fees;
4.
				Fourth, to fees and costs;
5.
				Fifth, to futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-704 - Disbursement in Current Assistance Cases through December 31, 2002

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Except as provided in
				  R6-7-710
				  and
				  R6-7-711
				  for federal income tax refund offsets, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse
				  support and related payments collected for an Arizona Title IV-D current
				  assistance case as follows:
1. First
				to current support assigned to the state of Arizona, not to exceed the total
				amount of unreimbursed cash assistance;
2. Second, to the handling fee for the month
				in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the support;
3. Third, to temporarily assigned
				arrearages;
4. Fourth, to
				permanently assigned arrearages;
5.
				Fifth, to unassigned arrearages;
6.
				Sixth, to fees and costs;
7.
				Seventh, to futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-705 - Disbursement in Current Assistance Cases on and after January 1, 2003

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A. For all
				recipients who applied for current assistance prior to October 1, 2009 and
				therefore assigned their rights to support to the state, the Title IV-D Agency
				shall disburse support and related payments, except as provided in
				R6-7-710
				and
				R6-7-711
				for federal income tax refund offsets, collected for an Arizona Title IV-D
				current assistance case as follows:
1. First,
				to current support assigned to the state of Arizona, not to exceed the total
				amount of unreimbursed cash assistance;
2. Second, to temporarily assigned
				arrearages;
3. Third, to
				permanently assigned arrearages;
4.
				Fourth, to unassigned arrearages;
5. Fifth, to the handling fee for the month
				in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the support and other unpaid handling
				fees;
6. Sixth, to fees and
				costs;
7. Seventh, to
				futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-706 - Disbursement in Current Assistance Cases with a Child Exempt from Assignment

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A. The Title IV-D
				Agency shall disburse the prorated share of support received for a Child Not on
				Grant to the obligee after the end of the month in which it is
				received.
B. If the Title IV-D
				Agency determines that a child is a Child Not on Grant, the unpaid share of
				support accrues as never assigned arrearages.
C. If a Child Not on Grant is no longer
				subject to A.R.S. §
									46-407(B),
				and instead is subject to the remaining provisions of A.R.S. §§
									46-407
				and
				46-408,
				all previously unpaid arrearages are assigned to the state.
D. While an assistance unit is receiving cash
				assistance, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse the prorated share of support
				received for a child subject to the provisions of A.R.S. §
									46-292(G)
				 to the obligee after the end of the month of
				current assistance.
E. If the Title
				IV-D Agency determines that a child in an assistance unit is subject to the
				provisions of A.R.S. §
									46-292(G),
				the unpaid prorated share of support accrues as never assigned
				arrearages.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-707 - Disbursement under Federal Law from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 2000 for Former Assistance Cases

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except as provided in
				  R6-7-710
				  and
				  R6-7-711
				  for federal income tax refund offsets, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse
				  support and related payments for a former cash assistance case as
				  follows:
1. First, to current
				support;
2. Second, to the handling
				fee for the month in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the
				support;
3. Third, to never
				assigned arrearages;
4. Fourth, to
				temporarily assigned arrearages;
5.
				Fifth, to the permanently assigned arrearages;
6. Sixth, to unassigned arrearages;
7. Seventh, to unpaid handling
				fees;
8. Eighth, to fees and
				costs;
9. Ninth, to futures as
				provided in
				R6-7-606.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-708 - Disbursement under Federal Law from October 1, 2000 through December 31, 2002 for Former Assistance Cases

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Except as provided in
				  R6-7-710
				  and
				  R6-7-711
				  for federal income tax refund offsets, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse
				  support and related payments for a former cash assistance case as
				  follows:
1. First, to current
				support;
2. Second, to the handling
				fee for the month in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the
				support;
3. Third, to never
				assigned arrearages;
4. Fourth, to
				unassigned pre-assistance arrearages;
5. Fifth, to conditionally assigned
				arrearages;
6. Sixth, to
				permanently assigned arrearages;
7.
				Seventh, to unassigned during-assistance arrearages;
8. Eighth, to fees and costs;
9. Ninth, to futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-709 - Disbursement under Federal Law on and after January 1, 2003 for Former Assistance Cases

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except as provided in
				  R6-7-710
				  and
				  R6-7-711
				  for federal income tax refund offsets, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse
				  support and related payments collected for a former assistance case, as
				  follows:
1. First, to current
				support;
2. Second, to never
				assigned arrearages;
3. Third, to
				unassigned pre-assistance arrearages;
4. Fourth, to conditionally assigned
				arrearages;
5. Fifth, to
				permanently assigned arrearages;
6.
				Sixth, to unassigned during-assistance arrearages;
7. Seventh, to the handling fee for the month
				in which the Title IV-D Agency receives the support and other unpaid handling
				fees;
8. Eighth, to fees and
				costs;
9. Ninth, to
				futures.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-710 - Disbursement of Federal Income Tax Refund Offsets under Federal Law from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 2000

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The Title IV-D Agency shall disburse support collected
				  through federal income tax refund offset in accordance with
				  26 U.S.C.
				  6402 and
				  42 U.S.C.
				  664, as follows:
1. First, to temporarily assigned
				arrearages;
2. Second, to
				permanently assigned arrearages; and
3. Third, to never assigned and unassigned
				arrearages.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-711 - Disbursement of Federal Income Tax Refund Offsets under Federal Law on and after October 1, 2000

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A.
				The Title IV-D Agency shall disburse arrearages collected through federal
				income tax refund offset in accordance with
				26 U.S.C.
				6402 and
				42 U.S.C.
				664, as follows:
1. First, to temporarily or conditionally
				assigned arrearages owed to the state of Arizona;
2. Second, to permanently assigned
				arrearages; and
3. Third, to never
				assigned and unassigned arrearages.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-712 - Caretaker Disbursement

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If an obligee with a child support case becomes the caretaker
				  of a child who is not the obligee's child, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse
				  support and related payments owed to the obligee in accordance with
				  R6-7-703,
				  R6-7-704,
				  R6-7-707,
				  and
				  R6-7-708,
				  as applicable. The support and related payments for the assistance unit shall
				  be disbursed in accordance with
				  R6-7-705.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-713 - Past Support Judgments

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If a court or an administrative entity orders past support
				  that covers a period in which the obligee was on cash assistance, the amount
				  for that period is assigned to the state and the Title IV-D Agency shall
				  distribute collections in accordance with A.R.S. §
									46-408
				  and disburse support in accordance with this Article. If a child covered by the
				  order was receiving Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments for any of the
				  period covered by the judgment, the amount for that period is assigned to the
				  state and collections shall be distributed in accordance with
				  R6-7-608.
				  A past support judgment ordered on and after September 26, 2008 does not accrue
				  interest.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-714 - Interest on Arrearages

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A.
				The Title IV-D Agency shall retain interest paid on arrearages assigned to the
				state of Arizona that do not exceed the total amount of unreimbursed cash
				assistance.
B. From October 1, 1997
				through September 31, 2000, the Title IV-D Agency shall allocate the amount of
				interest on permanently assigned, temporarily assigned, never assigned, and
				unassigned arrearages based on a proportionate share of the total amount of
				arrearages owed. The Title IV-D Agency shall determine the percentage allocated
				to each arrearage type by dividing each arrearage type by the total arrearages
				and multiplying the resulting percentages by the total amount of interest
				accrued.
C. On and after October 1,
				2000, the Title IV-D Agency shall allocate the amount of interest on
				permanently assigned, temporarily assigned, conditionally assigned, never
				assigned, and unassigned arrearages based on a proportionate share of the total
				amount of arrearages owed. The Title IV-D Agency shall determine the percentage
				allocated to each arrearage type by dividing each arrearage type by the total
				arrearages and multiplying the resulting percentages by the total amount of
				interest accrued.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Article 7 - TITLE IV-D DISBURSEMENT › Section R6-7-715 - Unassigned Arrearages

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A. If
				a family stops receiving cash assistance, the Title IV-D Agency shall compare
				unreimbursed cash assistance and assigned arrearages as of the last day of the
				month when the family leaves assistance. If the total amount of assigned
				arrearages and accrued interest exceeds unreimbursed cash assistance, the Title
				IV-D Agency shall unassign the excess amount. These amounts are unassigned
				arrearages. The Title IV-D Agency shall unassign arrearages as follows:
1. First, from the interest owed on
				temporarily assigned arrearages;
2.
				Second, from the corresponding principal of the temporarily assigned
				arrearages;
3. Third, from the
				interest owed on permanently assigned arrearages; and
4. Fourth, from the corresponding principal
				on the permanently assigned arrearages.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - AGING AND ADULT ADMINISTRATION › Article 1 - GRIEVANCES AND HEARINGS › Section R6-8-101 - Definitions

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A. "Aging and Adult Administration" means the Aging and Adult
				  Administration of the Division of Aging and Community Services, Department of
				  Economic Security.
B. "Area agency" means an organization designated by the
				  Department to develop and administer the area plan for a system of services to
				  older persons.
C. "Area plan" means a plan for a comprehensive and
				  coordinated system of services for older persons governing activities in a
				  planning and service area.
D. "Client" means any person who applies for or receives
				  services from the Department or from a service provider under the Older
				  Americans Act,
				  42 U.S.C.
				  3001 et seq. or the Arizona Older Americans
				  Act - nonmedical Home and Community-Based Care Services, A.R.S. §
									46-191 et
				  seq.
E. "Department" means the Department of Economic
				  Security.
F. "Grievant" means an organization listed in
				  R6-8-103 which
				  has filed a request for review with the Department.
G. "Nutrition project" means the recipient of a subgrant or
				  contract to provide nutrition services, other than the Area Agency.
H. "Party" means any client or grievant appealing an action
				  under
				  R6-8-105 or the
				  Department.
I. "Program Administrator" means the Administrator of the
				  Aging and Adult Administration.
J. "Service provider" means a person or organization that is
				  awarded a subgrant or contract from an area agency to provide services under
				  the area plan.
Arizona Administrative Code › Title 6 - ECONOMIC SECURITY › Chapter 8 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY - AGING AND ADULT ADMINISTRATION › Article 1 - GRIEVANCES AND HEARINGS › Section R6-8-102 - Client Complaint Resolution Procedures

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A. Each area agency shall have a written
				complaint resolution procedure which shall be made available to all
				clients.
B. The complaint
				resolution procedure shall provide for an informal meeting to adjust the
				dispute and shall inform the client of the right to appeal if not satisfied
				with the area agency's decision.
C.
				The area agency shall issue its decision within 30 days of the date the
				complaint is filed.