A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under the child support enforcement program to improve parent-child relationships, increase child support collections, and improve outcomes for children by supporting parenting time arrangements for noncustodial parents in uncontested agreements, and for other purposes.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 12, 2020)
This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing arrangements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order.
Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.
What just happenedFeb 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateFeb 12, 2020
- Feb 12, 2020IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Feb 12, 2020IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate