Amend CSHB 3272 by inserting the following section,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent sections of
the bill accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 234, Family Code, as
added by Chapter 911, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1997, is amended by adding Section 234.006 to read as
follows:
      Sec. 234.006.  DIRECT DEPOSIT OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
(a) The state disbursement unit authorized under this chapter may
transmit a child support payment to an obligee by electronic funds
transfer if the obligee maintains an account with a financial
institution.
      (b) The work group convened under this subchapter may develop
a plan to assist an obligee who does not have an account with a
financial institution to obtain an account.
      (c) The work group may determine whether it is feasible and
cost-effective for the state to administer an electronic benefits
transfer system for child support obligees and may recommend
implementation of such a system to the Title IV-D agency.
      (d) After receiving any recommendations by the work group
under Subsection (c), the Title IV-D agency or the vendor selected
by the Title IV-D agency to operate the state disbursement unit may
provide for electronic benefits transfer, if the request for
proposals issued by the Title IV-D agency and any contract
resulting from the selection of a vendor to provide the services
specified in the request for proposals provide for electronic
benefits transfer.
      (e) The work group may recommend and the Title IV-D agency
may establish procedures to implement this section.
      (f) The Title IV-D agency, after receiving the recommendation
of the work group, may require an obligee to receive payments by
direct deposit to the obligee's bank account or by electronic
benefit transfer to an account established by the Title IV-D agency
or the state disbursement unit, if the account is established at no
cost to the obligee.