Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 29 amends sections of the Family Code and the Business & Commerce Code to implement mandates in the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) relating to the Title IV-D child support enforcement program.

            The act includes provisions for an administrative writ of withholding that authorizes the Title IV-D agency to order an employer to withhold income for child support. The act also authorizes the Title IV-D agency to establish and operate a state case registry of child support orders, a state disbursement unit for child support payments, and a state directory of new hires.

            Senate Bill 29 also includes provisions relating to the failure of a recipient of public assistance to cooperate in providing paternity information, the perfection of a child support lien on a motor vehicle, and the provision of insurance coverage under a medical support order for a child who lives outside of the insurer's coverage area.