[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR305.31]

[Page 275-276]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 305_PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES, STANDARDS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, 
AND PENALTIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 305.31  Amount of incentive payment.

    (a) The incentive payment for a State for a fiscal year is equal to 
the incentive payment pool for the fiscal year, multiplied by the State 
incentive payment share for the fiscal year.
    (b) The incentive payment pool is:
    (1) $422,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;
    (2) $429,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
    (3) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
    (4) $461,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
    (5) $454,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
    (6) $446,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
    (7) $458,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
    (8) $471,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
    (9) $483,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
    (10) For any succeeding fiscal year, the amount of the incentive 
payment pool for the fiscal year that precedes such succeeding fiscal 
year multiplied by the percentage (if any) by which the CPI for such 
preceding fiscal year exceeds the CPI for the second preceding fiscal 
year. In other words, for each fiscal year following fiscal year 2008, 
the incentive payment pool will be multiplied by the percentage increase 
in the CPI between the two preceding years. For example, if the CPI 
increases by 1 percent between fiscal years 2007 and 2008, then the 
incentive pool for fiscal year 2009 would be a 1 percent increase over 
the $483,000,000 incentive payment pool for fiscal year 2008, or 
$487,830,000.
    (c) The State incentive payment share for a fiscal year is the 
incentive base amount for the State for the fiscal year divided by the 
sum of the incentive base amounts for all of the States for the fiscal 
year.

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    (d) A State's maximum incentive base amount for a fiscal year is the 
State's collections base for the fiscal year for the paternity 
establishment, support order, and current collections performance 
measures and 75 percent of the State's collections base for the fiscal 
year for the arrearage collections and cost-effectiveness performance 
measures.
    (e) A State's maximum incentive base amount for a State for a fiscal 
year is zero, unless a Federal audit performed under Sec. 305.60 of 
this part determines that the data submitted by the State for the fiscal 
year and used to determine the performance level involved are complete 
and reliable.
    (f) A State's collections base for a fiscal year is equal to: two 
times the sum of the total amount of support collected for Current 
Assistance cases plus two times the total amount of support collected in 
Former Assistance cases, plus the total amount of support collected in 
Never Assistance/other cases during the fiscal year, that is: 2(Current 
Assistance collections + Former Assistance collections) + all other 
collections.