SRC-AXB S.B. 368 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterS.B. 368 By: Harris Jurisprudence 7/8/1999 Enrolled DIGEST Currently, the child support division of the Office of the Attorney General (division) is responsible for enforcing certain child support cases. After experiencing an extensive review process, suggestions were raised for the division regarding ways to update and create an efficient process for collecting and distributing child support payments. S.B. 368 creates statutory modifications to implement the child support enforcement provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, grants rulemaking authority, and creates civil and criminal penalties. PURPOSE As enrolled, S.B. 368 creates statutory modifications to implement the child support enforcement provisions of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, grants rulemaking authority, and creates civil and criminal penalties. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY Rulemaking authority is granted to the Title IV-D agency and bureau of vital statistics in SECTION 37 (Section 160.215, Family Code), the Title IV-D agency in cooperation with the work group in SECTION 67 (Section 234.006, Family Code), and the Title IV-D agency in SECTION 54 (Section 231.115(b)(2), Family Code), of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 101, Family Code, by amending Sections 101.021 and 101.024, and adding Sections 101.0021 and 101.0302, as follows: Sec. 101.0021. BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS. Defines "bureau of vital statistics." Sec. 101.021. OBLIGEE. Redefines "obligee." Sec. 101.024. PARENT. Redefines "parent." Sec. 101.0302. STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT. Defines "state disbursement unit." SECTION 2. Amends Sections 102.009(a) and (b), Family Code, to specify that a Title IV-D agency (agency), rather than the attorney general, is entitled to service of citation. Specifies the assignation of support rights and the recission of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity. Deletes text regarding support rights of the child. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 3. Amends Section 105.002(b), Family Code, to prohibit a party from demanding a jury trial in a suit to determine parentage under Chapter 160, Family Code. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 4. Amends Section 108.008, Family Code, to clarify that a court clerk prepares a report of determination of paternity, rather than a declaration. Deletes text regarding a deadline for forwarding a report. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 5. Amends Section 110.006, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 110.006. New heading: DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE FEES. Requires certain actions to be taken regarding the adoption of an initial child support service fee under Section 203.005(a) (2). SECTION 6. Amends Section 111.001, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 111.001. New heading: REVIEW OF GUIDELINES. Requires certain entities to perform a certain review and recommend revisions regarding the possession of and access to a child, by a certain deadline. Requires a certain committee to report the review results to the legislature. Requires the agency to submit a certain report and sets forth report requirements. Deletes text regarding the supreme court and a committee. SECTION 7. Amends Section 151.002(a), Family Code, to delete text regarding a claim to fatherhood. SECTION 8. Amends Section 154.001, Family Code, by adding Subsection (c), to authorize the receipt, holding, or disbursement of child support payments, under certain conditions. SECTION 9. Amends Sections 154.004 and 154.006, Family Code, to clarify procedures for the order of child support payments regarding the state disbursement unit, as provided by Chapter 234, as added by Chapter 911, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997. Provides that provisions regarding conservatorship of, possession of, or access to a child terminates upon the marriage of the obligor and obligee to each other, under certain conditions. SECTION 10. Amends Sections 154.242 and 154.243, Family Code, to limit an obligor's authority to follow a certain procedure for making payments if support payments are required to be made to the state disbursement unit. Authorizes the agency or the state disbursement unit to comply with a certain order by sending an affidavit regarding the payment record to a certain authority. Deletes text regarding electronic payment. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 11. Amends Sections 155.205(a) and (b), Family Code, to require the transferring court to order certain payments to be made to the agency or the state disbursement unit. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 12. Amends Section 156.402, Family Code, to authorize the court to consider the child support guidelines for single and multiple families under Chapter 154. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 13. Amends Section 156.406, Family Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 14. Amends Chapter 156E, Family Code, by adding Section 156.409, as follows: Sec. 156.409. CHANGE IN PHYSICAL POSSESSION. Sets forth provisions to authorize the court to allow the person having possession of the child to administer the payments of child support, under certain conditions regarding the relinquishment of custody. SECTION 15. Amends Section 157.005(b), Family Code, to provide that the court retains jurisdiction until all current child support, medical support, and child support arrears, including interest and any applicable fees and costs, have been paid. Deletes text regarding a motion for enforcement. SECTION 16. Amends Section 157.102, Family Code, to require, rather than authorize, the forwarding of the capias. SECTION 17. Amends Section 157.166(b), Family Code, by adding Subsection (c), to provide that if the order imposes incarceration or a fine for criminal contempt, an enforcement order must contain findings which identify the provisions of the order, and the date of each occasion wherein the respondent's failure to comply with the order constitute criminal contempt. Requires the order to state the specific conditions for release, if incarceration is imposed for civil contempt. SECTION 18. Amends Section 157.167, Family Code, by adding Subsection (c), to authorize the enforcement of fees and costs by any available means, including contempt. SECTION 19. Amends Section 157.269, Family Code, to provide that a court retains jurisdiction until all current support, medical support, and child support arrearages, including interest and any applicable fees and costs, have been paid. Deletes text regarding arrearages. SECTION 20. Amends Section 157.317(a), Family Code, to specify that a child support lien attaches to property not exempt under a depository account in a financial institution, including a mutual fund money market account, or a retirement plan. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 21. Amends Section 158.003(a), Family Code, to make a nonsubstantive change. SECTION 22. Amends Sections 158.004 and 158.007, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 158.004. WITHHOLDING FOR ARREARAGES WHEN NO CURRENT SUPPORT IS DUE. Includes the agency in matters of court jurisdiction involving arrearages issues. Sec. 158.007. New heading: EXTENSION OF REPAYMENT SCHEDULE BY COURT OR TITLE IV-D AGENCY; UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 23. Amends Sections 158.102-158.104, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 158.102. TIME LIMITATIONS. Authorizes the issuance of an order or writ for income withholding, until any applicable fees and costs have been paid. Deletes text regarding an obligor's disposable earnings. Sec. 158.103. New heading: CONTENTS OF ORDER OR WRIT OF WITHHOLDING. Requires only certain information to be contained in a writ of withholding, and sets forth the required information. Deletes text regarding the contents of an order of withholding. Sec. 158.104. New heading: REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF ORDER OR JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING. Authorizes a request for issuance of a judicial writ of withholding to be filed with a domestic relations office or an attorney representing certain parties. SECTION 24. Amends Section 158.105, Family Code, by amending the heading and Subsections (a), (c), and (d), as follows: Sec. 158.105. New heading: ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ORDER OR JUDICIAL WRIT OF WITHHOLDING. Specifies that certain action must be taken on filing a request for a judicial writ of withholding. Authorizes electronic transmission for certain activities. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 25. Amends Section 158.106, Family Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b), to require the agency to prescribe forms as authorized by federal law in a standard format entitled order or notice to withhold income for child support. Deletes text regarding orders, notices, and writs. Authorizes the use of certain forms to request voluntary withholding under Section 158.011. SECTION 26. Amends Section 158.203, Family Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d), to require an employer to transmit certain payments by electronic transfer by a certain deadline. Requires the employer to include the name of the county or the county's federal information processing standard code, and in some cases a social security number, with each payment transmission. Sets forth provisions for an obligor's income which is subject to withholding. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 27. Amends Section 158.210(a), Family Code, to set forth specific circumstances which subject an employer to a maximum $200 fine. SECTION 28. Amends Section 158.211(a), Family Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 29. Amends Chapter 158C, by adding Section 158.212, as follows: Sec. 158.212. IMPROPER PAYMENT. Sets forth required procedures for remedying an incorrectly remitted payment. SECTION 30. Amends Section 158.312(b), Family Code, to prohibit the filing of a request for issuance prior to the 11th day after the date of receipt of the notice of application for judicial writ of withholding by the obligor. SECTION 31. Amends Sections 158.501 and 158.502, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 158.501. New heading: ISSUANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF WITHHOLDING BY TITLE IV-D AGENCY. Provides that the agency is the only entity authorized to issue an administrative writ under this subchapter. Makes a conforming change. Sec, 158.502. WHEN ADMINISTRATIVE WRIT OF WITHHOLDING MAY BE ISSUED. Authorizes a writ to be based on an obligation in multiple support orders. Authorizes the agency to issue an administrative writ directing or adjusting arrearage withholdings. Authorizes an administrative writ to be contested. Authorizes the agency to issue an administrative writ of withholding as a reissuance of an existing order. Exempts the administrative writ under this subsection from the contest provisions of Sections 158.505(a)(2) and 158.506, Family Code. SECTION 32. Amends Sections 158.503(a) and (b), Family Code, to authorize the delivery of an administrative writ of withholding to an obligor and an obligee, and authorizes the electronic signing of the certificate. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 33. Amends Section 158.504(b), Family Code, to provide that an administrative writ of withholding may contain only the information necessary for the employer to comply with the existing support, rather than withholding, order. SECTION 34. Amends Section 158.505(a), Family Code, to provide an exception and delete text regarding the original writ. SECTION 35. Amends Section 158.506(a), Family Code, to create an exception and authorize an obligor who receives notice under Section 158.505, rather than 158.503, Family Code, to take certain action. SECTION 36. Amends Sections 160.001 and 160.004, Family Code, to set forth conditions under which this chapter governs a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. Authorizes the court to render certain orders if a man executes a statement of paternity under Subchapter C, Family Code. SECTION 37. Amends Chapter 160C, Family Code, as follows: SUBCHAPTER C. New heading: ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR DENIAL OF PATERNITY Sec. 160.201. New heading: VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. Authorizes a mother and a man claiming to be the father of a child to execute an acknowledgment to establish the man's paternity. Deletes text regarding a statement of paternity, an order adjudicating the child's father, and a suit for paternity termination. Sec. 160.202. New heading: EXECUTION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. Sets forth requirements for an acknowledgment of paternity. Requires a certain procedure if the mother declares a presumed father of the child. Deletes text regarding specifics of a statement of paternity. Sec. 160.203. New heading: FILING ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. Requires an acknowledgment of paternity to be filed with the bureau of vital statistics. Prohibits the bureau of vital statistics from charging a filing fee. Deletes text regarding a statement of paternity. Sec. 160.204. New heading: SIGNING OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR DENIAL OF PATERNITY. Authorizes the mother's and putative father's signature to be on separate documents for an acknowledgment or denial of paternity document (fatherhood document). Authorizes the signing of a fatherhood document prior to the child's birth. Authorizes an adult or a minor to sign a fatherhood document. Deletes text regarding disputed paternity. Sec. 160.205. New heading: EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. Sets forth the legal status of a fatherhood document upon filing it with the bureau of vital statistics, subject to the right to rescind or contest an acknowledgment of paternity under this subchapter. Sets forth provisions regarding the void of the fatherhood document through false denial of a presumed father. Deletes text regarding a deadline for a statement. Sec. 160.206. SUIT TO RESCIND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR DENIAL. Authorizes a fatherhood document signer to file a suit to rescind the fatherhood document. Sets forth deadlines for the petition to rescind or deny the fatherhood document. Sets forth a condition requiring the court to order the bureau of vital statistics to remove the father's name from the child's birth record. Sets forth a condition requiring a hearing to determine parentage. Sec. 160.207. SUIT TO CONTEST ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR DENIAL. Authorizes a certain person to contest a fatherhood document and sets forth guidelines for the suit which establishes contest to a fatherhood document. Provides that the burden of proof lies with the party challenging the fatherhood document. Requires a suit to contest the fatherhood document to be conducted in a certain manner. Sets forth deadlines for matter related to bringing a suit to contest the fatherhood document. Sec. 160.208. PROCEDURE FOR SUIT TO RESCIND OR CONTEST. Requires each fatherhood document signer to be made a party to a suit to rescind, contest, or deny the fatherhood document. Prohibits the court from suspending the legal responsibility of child support while a suit is pending. Sets forth provisions for amendments to the birth record subsequent to a determination of paternity or nonpaternity. Sec. 160.209. COURT RATIFICATION. Sets forth the validity of an unrescinded and uncontested acknowledgment of paternity. Sets forth provisions regarding the establishment of a child's parentage. Sec. 160.210. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT. Sets forth provisions for official acceptance of a fatherhood document signed in another state. Sec. 160.211. VALIDATION OF EARLIER STATEMENT. Provides that a fatherhood statement signed before September 1, 1999 is valid and binding. Sec. 160.212. FORMS FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DENIAL OF PATERNITY. Requires the bureau of vital statistics to prescribe forms for complying fatherhood documents. Sets forth requirements for the forms. Requires the fatherhood document to inform the putative father that the mother's consent to the fatherhood document will result in certain actions. Requires the form for denial of paternity to inform the signer of certain actions resulting from consent of the mother. Sec. 160.213. VALIDITY OF FORMS. Provides that the validity of fatherhood documents is not affected by bureau of vital statistics modifications, under certain conditions. Sec. 160.214. RELEASE OF INFORMATION. Requires the bureau of vital statistics to release certain information to the agency and any other person authorized by law. Sec. 160.215. ADOPTION OF RULES. Authorizes the agency and the bureau of vital statistics to adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Sec. 160.216. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. Requires the agency and the bureau of vital statistics to adopt a memorandum of understanding regarding paternity information, and requires these entities to renew or modify the memorandum as necessary. SECTION 38. Amends Section 160.251(d), Family Code, to exempt a man from registering with the paternity registry if he has filed a fatherhood document under Subchapter C. SECTION 39. Amends Chapter 160D, Family Code, by adding Section 160.2545, as follows: Sec. 160.2545. INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTRY, BIRTH RECORDS, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF PATERNITY FILED WITH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS. Requires the bureau of vital statistics to search certain documents on receipt of a request for a certificate under Section 160.260, Family Code, and requires the bureau to provide the search results to the requestor. SECTION 40. Amends Section 161.105(b), Family Code, to require the affidavit to contain certain information including an acknowledgment of paternity. SECTION 41. Amends Section 201.102(b), Family Code, to delete text regarding issues that apply to a master appointed under this subchapter. SECTION 42. Amends Section 201.104, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 201.104. New heading: POWERS AND DUTIES OF MASTER. Authorizes a master to render and sign any order that is not a final order on the merits of the case. Authorizes a master to recommend to the referring court any order after a trial on the merits. SECTION 43. Amends Chapter 201B, Family Code, by adding Sections 201.1041 and 201.1042, as follows: Sec. 201.1041. JUDICIAL ACTION ON MASTER'S REPORT. Sets forth conditions requiring a recommendation of the master to become an order of the referring court by operation of law without ratification by the referring court. Sets forth provisions for a master's report to become an order recommending enforcement by contempt or immediate incarceration. Establishes the authority of a master's decision during an appeal of the master's report to the referring court, and provides an exception. Sec. 201.1042. APPEAL TO REFERRING COURT. Expands the application of Section 201.015, Family Code, to include an appeal of the master's recommendations. Requires the party appealing the master's recommendations to file with certain entities. Sets forth deadlines for an appeal filer. Requires the referring court to determine whether the respondent should be released on bond or whether appearance in court can be otherwise assured. Sets forth provisions for the release of the respondent on bail. Requires the court to give the respondent notice of the hearing in open court, if the respondent is released without posting bond or security. Sets forth provisions for a respondent whose appearance in court cannot be assured by the referring court. SECTION 44. Amends Chapter 201B, Family Code, by adding Section 201.1065, as follows: Sec. 201.1065. SUPERVISION OF MASTERS. Requires certain entities to report a plan to improve masters' efficiency and participation in the child support enforcement program. Sets forth requirements of the plan. Requires the office of court administration to assist the presiding judges in monitoring the masters' compliance with certain job standards, laws, and policies. SECTION 45. Amends Section 201.107(b), Family Code, to authorize reimbursement for entities appointed under this subchapter, rather than section. SECTION 46. Amends Section 201.111, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 201.111. New heading: TIME TO ACT ON MASTER'S REPORT THAT INCLUDES FINDING OF CONTEMPT. Requires the referring court to take certain actions not later than the 10th day after the filing of a master's report recommending a finding of contempt. SECTION 47. Amends Chapter 201B, Family Code, by adding Section 201.112, as follows: Sec. 201.112. LIMITATION ON LAW PRACTICE BY MASTER. Prohibits a master from engaging in the private practice of law. SECTION 48. Amends Section 203.005(a), Family Code, to authorize the collection of a maximum $36 initial child support service fee to be paid to the domestic relations office on the filing of a suit. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 49. Amends Section 203.007(a), Family Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 50. Amends Section 231.0011, Family Code, to specify the involvement of the agency, rather than the attorney general regarding the development of a statewide integrated system for child support and medical support enforcement. Deletes text regarding the attorney general. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 51. Amends Chapter 231A, Family Code, by amending Sections 231.002 and 231.005, and adding Sections 231.011-231.014, as follows: Sec. 231.002. POWERS AND DUTIES. Requires the agency to enforce the child support obligation by filing a lien, under certain conditions. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. Sec. 231.005. BIENNIAL REPORT REQUIRED. Requires the Title IV-D agency (agency), designated as the Office of the Attorney General, to report to the legislature biennially on certain enforcement tools and the impact of using private contractors. Makes conforming changes. Sec. 231.011. INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP. Requires the agency to convene a standing work group (group) to develop and maintain an interagency partnership strategy, and requires the agency's director to lead the group. Sets forth requirements for the group's composition, and requirements for agencies to appoint representatives. Requires a Health and Human Services Commission (HHS) representative's presence in the group when addressing an issue under HHS's authority. Sets forth requirements for the interagency partnership strategy. Requires agency representatives in the group to identify child support services provided by that agency. Sets forth requirements for the state auditor and the State Council on Competitive Government regarding their responsibility to assist agencies and the group. Sec. 231.012. COUNTY ADVISORY WORK GROUP. Requires the agency's director to establish a county advisory work group (advisory group) to assist in modifying child support programs that affect counties. Sets forth the required composition of the advisory group. Requires the agency's director to consult with certain entities prior to appointing advisory group members. Requires the agency's director to determine the composition and leadership of the advisory group. Sets forth required actions of the advisory group. Prohibits a work group member, or the member's designee from receiving compensation, but entitles the individual to reimbursement for certain expenses. Provides that the work group is not an advisory committee as defined by Section 2110.001, Government Code. Exempts the work group from being subject to regulations of Chapter 2110, Government Code. Sec. 231.013. INFORMATION RESOURCES STEERING COMMITTEE. Sets forth required actions of an information resources steering committee appointed by the agency. Requires the steering committee to include a senior management executive representing each significant function of the agency, and authorizes the steering committee to include other certain persons. Requires the agency director to appoint steering committee members subsequent to consultation with the Department of Information Resources. Sec. 231.014. PERSONNEL. Requires the agency director to provide information regarding employment requirements, responsibilities, and standards of conduct, to certain entities. SECTION 52. Amends Section 231.106(b), Family Code, to prohibit the clerk from requiring an order of the court to terminate the assignment and direct support payments to the person entitled to receive the payment. SECTION 53. Amends Section 231.108, Family Code, by adding Subsection (f), to authorize the agency, by rule, to provide for the release of information to persons for purposes not prohibited by federal law. SECTION 54. Amends Chapter 231B, Family Code, by amending Sections 231.112, 231.115 and 231.117, and adding Sections 231.117-231.120, as follows: Sec. 231.112. INFORMATION ON PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT. Makes a conforming change. Sec. 231.115. NONCOOPERATION BY RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires the agency to identify certain actions, adopt rules governing noncompliance, and take certain actions to impose sanctions. Sec. 231.117. UNEMPLOYED NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS. Redesignated from existing Section 231.115. Authorizes a court or the agency to issue an order requiring the parent to take certain actions towards the payment of overdue support. Sec. 231.118. SERVICE OF CITATION. Authorizes the agency to contract with private process servers to serve certain required documents. Provides that a document server under this section is authorized to serve documents without a written court order authorizing the service. Sets forth provisions for the issuance and return of the process. Sec. 231.119. OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM. Requires the agency to establish an ombudsman program to process and track complaints against the agency. Sets forth requirements for the agency director. Requires the agency to develop and implement a uniform ombudsman process, and sets forth requirements for that process. Requires each ombudsman to oversee complaint filing and resolution. Requires the agency to maintain a file on each complaint and sets forth requirements for the file. Requires the agency to notify the complainant and other entities of the status of the complaint, and creates an exception. Requires the agency to provide the complainant and other entities with a copy of the agency's complaint policies. Sec. 231.120. TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR EMPLOYERS. Requires the agency to maintain a toll-free number for employers responsible for withholding child support, and requires the agency to inform employers about the existence of the toll-free number. SECTION 55. Amends Section 231.204, Family Code, to prohibit an appellate court or a clerk of an appellate court from charging certain entities with certain fees. SECTION 56. Amends Section 231.301, Family Code, to require a certain parent locator service to be used for child support and paternity establishment. Authorizes certain persons to receive information under this section. SECTION 57. Amends Section 231.305, Family Code, to require the agency and the Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) to do the following: quickly forward information regarding child support collection to the agency, develop training programs to enhance information collection, develop a deadline to respond to a complying and a noncompliance sanction request, develop certain performance measures, and to prescribe a forwarding information deadline and determine what constitutes complete information. Requires the agency and TDHS to review and renew the memorandum by January 1 of each even-numbered year, rather than semiannually, and as necessary. SECTION 58. Amends Section 231.307, Family Code, by amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (e), to authorize the agency to enter into an agreement with other states to create a consortium for data matches. Authorizes the agency to contract with a vendor, under certain circumstances. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 59. Amends Section 232.003(a), Family Code, to authorize the issuance of a license suspension for an individual who has been provided with a certain opportunity under court order. Deletes text regarding a repayment schedule. SECTION 60. Amends Section 232.004(b), Family Code, to provide that a petition can be filed with certain entities besides the agency. Provides that the tribunal in which the petition is filed obtains jurisdiction over the matter. SECTION 61. Amends Section 232.008(a), Family Code, to provide an exception if an individual establishes an affirmative defense as provided by Section 157.008(c). SECTION 62. Amends Section 233.001, Family Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c), to delete text regarding information in the registry required by 42 U.S.C. Section 654a(e) concerning the parent's case. Requires the state case registry to provide certain information to a domestic relations office or friend of the court. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 63. Amends Section 233.005, Family Code, to authorize the initiation of an administrative action by a notice of proposed child support review under Section 233.0095, Family Code. SECTION 64. Amends Chapter 233, Family Code, by adding Section 233.0095, as follows: Sec. 233.0095. NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHILD SUPPORT REVIEW ORDER IN CASES OF ACKNOWLEDGED PATERNITY. Authorizes the agency to serve a father who signs a fatherhood document, with a notice of proposed child support review order. Sets forth requirements of the proposed child support review order. Authorizes the agency to schedule a negotiation conference without a request from a party. Requires the agency to schedule a negotiation conference on the timely request of a party. Authorizes the agency to conduct a negotiation conference through certain formats, and adjourn the conference to permit mediation of certain unresolved issues. SECTION 65. Amends Section 233.018, Family Code, to require a certain typeface for a certain statement. Authorizes certain parties to take certain actions if a negotiation conference results in an agreement on some issues in a certain case. Specifies that notice of the hearing is not required. SECTION 66. Amends Section 233.019(c), Family Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 67. Amends Section 233.020, Family Code, to authorize a certain petition to include a waiver of service and an agreement to appear in court. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 68. Amends Chapter 234A, Family Code, by amending Sections 234.001-234.003, and adding Sections 234.006-234.008, as follows: Sec. 234.001. New heading: ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF STATE CASE REGISTRY AND STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT. Creates requirements for the state case registry and the state disbursement unit. Sets forth information required to be available to a local registry daily. Deletes text regarding support payments and official child support records. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. Sec. 234.002. INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR CHILD SUPPORT AND MEDICAL SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. Makes a conforming change. Sec. 234.003. WORK GROUP; COOPERATION REQUIRED. Requires the work group to meet at least quarterly. Provides for the expiration of this section December 31, 2000. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. Sec. 234.006. EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROCEDURES. Requires the agency, in cooperation with the work group, to adopt rules establishing definitions, dates, procedures, and operations of the state case registry and the state disbursement unit. Sets forth required procedures. Sec. 234.007. NOTICE OF PLACE OF PAYMENT. Requires the agency to notify the courts of the establishment of the disbursement unit, and requires certain orders of the court subsequent to notification. Requires the agency to issue a notice of place of payment informing the obligor, obligee, and employer, that income withheld for child support is to be paid to the state disbursement unit. Requires the filing of the notice with certain entities. Sets forth requirements for the notice required by Subsection (b). Requires the clerk of the court to appropriately file the notice upon its receipt. Sec. 234.008. DEPOSIT, DISTRIBUTION, AND ISSUANCE OF PAYMENTS. Requires the state disbursement unit to distribute the payment to the agency or the obligee by a certain deadline. Requires the state disbursement unit to deposit child support payments in a trust fund with the state comptroller on a certain schedule. Sec. 234.009. OFFICIAL CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT RECORD. Sets forth the official record of payments received by certain entities. Authorizes a local registry to accept a record of payments furnished by the state disbursement unit and to add certain records, under certain conditions. Sets forth provisions for the official record of payments in the case of no local registry payment additions. SECTION 69. Amends Section 192.002, Health and Safety Code, by adding Subsection (d), to require the mother's and father's social security numbers to be made available to the federal Social Security Administration. SECTION 70. Amends Section 192.0051, Health and Safety Code, as follows: Sec. 192.0051. New heading: REPORT OF DETERMINATION OF PATERNITY. Requires a clerk to take certain action on completion of the report, rather than by the 10th day of each month. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 71. Amends Section 192.006, Health and Safety Code, by adding Subsection (e), to authorize the filing of a supplementary birth certificate, under certain conditions. SECTION 72. Amends Chapter 192A, Health and Safety Code, by adding Section 192.012, as follows: Sec. 192.012. RECORD OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY. Sets forth requirements for the person listed in Section 192.003 who is responsible for filing the birth certificate. Requires the local registrar to transmit the acknowledgment of paternity to the state registrar. Requires the state registrar to record certain information and transmit it to the agency. Authorizes the agency to use the information for certain purposes. SECTION 73. Amends Sections 193.001, Health and Safety Code, by amending Subsections (b) and (c), and adding Subsection (d), to require the recording of the social security number on certain documents regarding the death. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 74. Amends Section 31.0032(a), Human Resources Code, to require the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to immediately take certain actions, except as provided by Section 231.115, Family Code, after an investigation by the agency. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 75. Amends Sections 31.0033(a) and (c), Human Resources Code, to prohibit the imposition of sanctions on a showing of good cause for noncompliance. Includes the agency in certain powers and responsibilities. SECTION 76. Amends Section 411.127, Government Code, to entitle the agency, rather than the attorney general, to obtain certain information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division, or another law enforcement agency, regarding a potential agency staff member. Defines "Title IV-D agency." Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 77. (a) Amends Section 521.044, Transportation Code, by adding Subsection (f), to provide that this section does not prohibit a requirement that a driver's license applicant provide a social security number. (b) Provides that if S.B. 370 is enacted, Section 521.044(f), Transportation Code, has no effect. SECTION 78. (a) Amends Section 521.142, Transportation Code, by adding Subsection (g), to authorize the requirement that an applicant supply a social security number only for certain purposes. (b) Makes a conforming change. SECTION 79. (a) Requires the attorney general to redesign and improve the child support enforcement program. (b) Sets forth provisions regarding the attorney general's involvement with child support enforcement. Limits the subjects the Sunset Advisory Commission is authorized to review. (c) Requires the Sunset Advisory Commission to analyze certain actions of the attorney general. (d) Creates a deadline for the attorney general to report improved performance regarding the child support enforcement program. Requires the attorney general's child support enforcement division to collect and report on certain information. (e) Provides that the attorney general's involvement in child support enforcement matters is not abolished under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). (f) Sets forth the attorney general's required duties in child support enforcement related matters. (g) Requires the Sunset Advisory Commission to report required findings to the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001. SECTION 80. (a) Requires the attorney general's child support enforcement division (division) to investigate revenue sources for the child support program. Sets forth required guidelines for the investigation. Sets forth requirements of the cost-benefit analysis. (b) Requires the division to report its findings to the Sunset Advisory Commission, and other authorities by October 15, 2000. SECTION 81.Repealers: Section 158.505(c), Family Code (regarding a writ of withholding). Section 160.002(c), Family Code (regarding authorization to bring a suit to establish paternity at any time). Section 192.003(e), Health and Safety Code (regarding the birth certificate filer). Section 192.003(f), Health and Safety Code (regarding the local registrar). Section 192.003(g), Health and Safety Code (regarding the state registrar). SECTION 82. (a) Effective date: September 1, 1999. (b) Requires the interagency work group to develop the partnership strategy required by Section 231.011, Family Code, by January 1, 2000. (c) Requires the county advisory work group to complete the state-county support improvement plan by January 1, 2000. (d) Requires the agency and the Texas Department of Human Services to update the memorandum of understanding by January 1, 2000. (e) Makes application of this Act prospective to January 1, 2001. SECTION 83. Emergency clause.