BILL NUMBER: SB 754	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Mitchell

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 16576 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to child support.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 754, as introduced, Mitchell. Statewide Child Support Registry.

    Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to
develop an implementation plan for the Statewide Child Support
Registry, which includes storage and data retrieval for all state
child support orders.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 16576 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   16576.  (a) The department shall develop an implementation plan
for the Statewide Child Support Registry. The Statewide Child Support
Registry shall be operated by the agency responsible for operation
of the Statewide Automated Child Support System (SACSS) or its
replacement. The Statewide Child Support Registry shall include
storage and data retrieval of the data elements specified in Section
16577 for all California child support orders. The plan shall be
developed in consultation with clerks of the court, district
attorneys, and child support advocates. The plan shall be submitted
to the Legislature by January 31, 1998. The implementation plan shall
explain in general terms, among other things, how the Statewide
Child Support Registry will operate to ensure that all data in the
Statewide Child Support Registry can be accessed and how data shall
be integrated for statistical analysis and reporting purposes with
all child support order data contained in the Statewide Automated
Child Support System or its replacement and the Los Angeles Automated
Child Support Enforcement System (ACSES) Replacement System.
   (b)  Each   A  clerk of the court shall
provide the information specified in Section 16577 within 20 days to
the department or the Statewide Child Support Registry from 
each   a  new or modified child support order,
including child support arrearage orders.
   (c) The department shall maintain a system for compiling the child
support data received from the clerks of the court, ensure that all
child support data received from the clerks of the court are entered
into the Statewide Child Support Registry within 10 days of receipt
in the Statewide Child Support Registry, and ensure that the
Statewide Child Support Registry is fully implemented statewide.
   (d) The department shall provide aggregate data on a periodic
basis on the data maintained by the Statewide Child Support Registry
to the Judicial Council, the appropriate agencies of the executive
branch, and the Legislature for statistical analysis and review. The
data shall not include individual identifying information for
specific cases.
   (e) Any information maintained by the Statewide Child Support
Registry received from clerks of the court shall be provided to
county district attorneys, the Franchise Tax Board, the courts, and
others as provided by law.