[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: 45CFR307.10]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CHILD SUPPORT 
 
PART 307_COMPUTERIZED SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 307.10  Functional requirements for computerized support enforcement 
systems in operation by October 1, 1997.

    At a minimum, each State's computerized support enforcement system 
established under the title IV-D State plan at Sec. 302.85(a)(1) of 
this chapter must:
    (a) Be planned, designed, developed, installed or enhanced in 
accordance with an initial and annually updated APD approved under Sec. 
307.15; and
    (b) Control, account for, and monitor all the factors in the support 
collection and paternity determination processes under the State plan. 
At a minimum this must include:
    (1) Maintaining identifying information such as social security 
numbers, names, dates of birth, home addresses and mailing addresses 
(including postal zip codes) on individuals against whom support 
obligations are sought to be established or enforced and on individuals 
to whom support obligations are owed, and other data as required by the 
Office;
    (2) Periodically verifying the information on individuals referred 
to in paragraph (b)(1) of this section with Federal, State and local 
agencies, both intrastate and interstate;
    (3) Maintaining data necessary to meet Federal Reporting 
Requirements on a timely basis as prescribed by the Office;
    (4) Maintaining information pertaining to:
    (i) Delinquency and enforcement activities;
    (ii) Intrastate, interstate and Federal location of absent parents;
    (iii) The establishment of paternity; and
    (iv) The establishment of support obligations;
    (5) Collecting and distributing both intrastate and interstate 
support payments;
    (6) Computing and distributing incentive payments to political 
subdivisions which share in the cost of funding the program and to other 
political subdivisions based on efficiency and effectiveness if the 
State has chosen to pay such incentives;
    (7) Maintaining accounts receivable on all amounts owed, collected, 
and distributed;
    (8) Maintaining costs of all services rendered, either directly or 
by interfacing with State financial management and expenditure 
information;
    (9) Accepting electronic case referrals and update information from 
the State's title IV-A program and using that information to identify 
and manage support enforcement cases;

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    (10) Transmitting information electronically to provide data to the 
State's TANF system so that the IV-A agency can determine (and report 
back to the IV-D system) whether a collection of support causes a change 
in eligibility for, or the amount of aid under, the IV-A program;
    (11) Providing security to prevent unauthorized access to, or use 
of, the data in the system;
    (12) Providing management information on all IV-D cases under the 
State plan from initial referral or application through collection and 
enforcement;
    (13) Providing electronic data exchange with the State Medicaid 
system to provide for case referral and the transfer of the medical 
support information specified in 45 CFR 303.30 and 303.31;
    (14) Using automated processes to assist the State in meeting State 
plan requirements under part 302 of this chapter and Standards for 
program operations under part 303 of this chapter, including but not 
limited to:
    (i) The automated maintenance and monitoring of accurate records of 
support payments;
    (ii) Providing automated maintenance of case records for purposes of 
the management and tracking requirements in Sec. 303.2 of this chapter;
    (iii) Providing title IV-D case workers with on-line access to 
automated sources of absent parent employer and wage information 
maintained by the State when available, by establishing an electronic 
link or by obtaining an extract of the data base and placing it on-line 
for access throughout the State;
    (iv) Providing locate capability by automatically referring cases 
electronically to locate sources within the State (such as State motor 
vehicle department, State department of revenue, and other State 
agencies), and to the Federal Parent Locator Service and utilizing 
electronic linkages to receive return locate information and place the 
information on-line to title IV-D case workers throughout the State;
    (v) Providing capability for electronic funds transfer for purposes 
of income withholding and interstate collections;
    (vi) Integrating all processing of interstate cases with the 
computerized support enforcement system, including the central registry; 
and
    (15) Providing automated processes to enable the Office to monitor 
State operations and assess program performance through the audit 
conducted under section 452(a) of the Act.

[57 FR 47003, Oct. 14, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 44815, Aug. 21, 1998; 
68 FR 25305, May 12, 2003]