SRC-AXB C.S.S.B. 368 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 368
76R10505  MCK-DBy: Harris
Jurisprudence
4/14/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)


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.  C.S.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 proposed, C.S.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 31 (Section 160.215, Family Code), the Title
IV-D agency in cooperation with the work group in SECTION 56 (Section
234.006, Family Code), the Texas Department of Health in SECTION 58
(Section 191.028(c), Health and Safety Code), and the Title IV-D agency in
SECTION 45 (Section 231.108(f), Family Code), SECTION 46 (Section
231.115(b), Family Code), SECTION 56 (Sections 237.052(c), 237.103(c), and
237.108(b), Family Code), and SECTION 71 (Subsection (f)), 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 151.002(a), Family Code, to delete text
regarding a claim to fatherhood. 

SECTION 6.  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 7.  Amends Sections 154.004 and 154.006, Family Code, to clarify
procedures for the order of child support payments regarding the state
disbursement unit.  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 8.  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 9.  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 10.  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 11.  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 12.  Amends Section 157.102, Family Code, to require, rather than
authorize, the forwarding of the capias. 

SECTION 13.  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 14.  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 15.  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 16.  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 17.  Amends Section 158.003(a), Family Code, to make a
nonsubstantive change. 

SECTION 18.  Amends Sections 158.004 and 158.007, Family Code, to include
the agency in matters of court jurisdiction involving arrearages issues. 

 SECTION 19.  Amends Sections 158.102-158.105, 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. 

Sec.  158.105.  New heading:  ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF ORDER OR JUDICIAL
WRIT OF WITHHOLDING.  Authorizes electronic transmission as a means to
deliver an order or judicial writ of withholding.  Deletes text regarding a
clerk's responsibility.  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 20.  Amends Section 158.106(a), Family Code, 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. 

SECTION 21.  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 with each payment transmission.  Sets
forth provisions for an obligor's income which is subject to withholding.
Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 22.  Amends Section 158.210, Family Code, to set forth specific
circumstances which subject an employer to a maximum $200 fine. 

SECTION 23.  Amends Chapter 158C, by amending Section 158.211, and adding
Section 158.212, as follows: 

Sec.  158.211.  NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND OF NEW EMPLOYMENT.
Requires an obligor to notify the court or the agency if employment is
terminated.  Authorizes failure to inform an employer of the order or writ
of withholding to be punishable as contempt. 

Sec.  158.212.  IMPROPER PAYMENT.  Sets forth required procedures for
remedying an incorrectly remitted payment. 

SECTION 24.  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 25.  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
modifying arrearage withholdings.  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 26.  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 27.  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 28.  Amends Section 158.505(a), Family Code, to delete text
regarding the original writ. 

SECTION 29.  Amends Section 158.506(a), Family Code, to authorize an
obligor who receives notice under Section 158.505, rather than 158.503,
Family Code, to take certain action. 

SECTION 30.  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 31.  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.  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 a deadline for 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 BARRED.  Prohibits a court from
ratifying an unrescinded fatherhood document. 

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 32.  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 33.  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 34.  Amends Section 161.105(b), Family Code, to require the
affidavit to contain certain information including an acknowledgment of
paternity. 

SECTION 35.  Amends Section 201.102(b), Family Code, to delete text
regarding issues that apply to a master appointed under this subchapter. 

SECTION 36.  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 37.  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. 

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.  Prohibits the repeal of a pretrial or
temporary order rendered and signed by a master.  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 38.  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 39.  Amends Section 201.107(b), Family Code, to authorize
reimbursement for entities appointed under this subchapter, rather than
section. 

SECTION 40.  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 30th day after the filing of a master's report
recommending a finding of contempt. 

SECTION 41.  Amends Section 203.007(a), Family Code, to make a conforming
change. 

SECTION 42.  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 43.  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.  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 44.  Amends Section 231.106(b), Family Code, to prohibit the clerk
from taking certain actions regarding support payments. 

SECTION 45.  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 46.  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 47.  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 48.  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 49.  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 50.  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 51.  Amends Section 233.001(b), Family Code, to delete text
regarding information in the registry required by 42 U.S.C. Section 654a(e)
concerning the parent's case.  Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 52.  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 53.  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 54.  Amends Section 233.019(c), Family Code, to make a conforming
change. 

SECTION 55.  Amends Section 233.020(b), Family Code, to make a conforming
change. 

SECTION 56.  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.  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. 

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.  DISTRIBUTION AND RETURN OF PAYMENTS.  Requires the state
disbursement unit to distribute the payment to the agency or the obligee by
a certain deadline. Sets forth provisions for return and remittance of
payment regarding failure to process child support payments or insufficient
information. 

SECTION 57.  Amends Title 5D, Family Code, by adding Chapter 237, as
follows: 

CHAPTER 237.  REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION ENTITIES

SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.  237.001.  DEFINITIONS.  Defines "child support investigator,"
"collection entity," and "registered location." 

SUBCHAPTER B.  ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Sec.  237.051.  TITLE IV-D AGENCY.  Places responsibility for the
registration of collection entities with the agency.  Requires the agency
to enforce this chapter and its rules. 

Sec.  237.052.  FEES.  Requires the agency to require payment of
nonrefundable application and renewal fees, and creates deadlines for these
fees.  Requires the agency, by rule, to adopt fees required by this
section. 

Sec.  237.053.  DEPOSIT OF FEES; ACCOUNT.  Establishes the child support
registration account as an account in the general revenue fund.  Sets forth
appropriation and depositing requirements for fees received under this
chapter. 

SUBCHAPTER C.  REGISTRATION

Sec.  237.101.  REGISTRATION REQUIRED.  Prohibits a child support
collection entity from taking certain actions without registering with the
agency. 

Sec.  237.102.  APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.  Requires an applicant to file an
application on an agency prescribed form, and sets forth information for
the form.  Requires  the chief executive officer of the collection entity
to complete a notarized statement that the application is accurate and
truthful in all respects. 

Sec.  237.103.  CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.  Requires an applicant to submit
certain information to the agency, within certain deadlines.  Requires the
agency to review Texas Department of Public Safety information and to take
appropriate action.  Requires the agency, by rule, to specify criminal
convictions resulting in certain penalties against a certificate of
registration. 

Sec.  237.104.  SURETY BOND.  Requires an application for registration to
be accompanied by an agency approved surety bond.  Sets forth requirements
for the surety bond.  Requires the surety bond to be in favor of certain
entities.   

Sec.  237.105.  ISSUANCE OF REGISTRATION.  Requires the agency to issue a
certificate of registration by mail, upon receiving certain items.
Requires the agency to take certain actions in the case of a single
application being made for multiple registered locations. Authorizes the
agency to refuse to issue a certificate of registration, under certain
conditions. 

Sec.  237.106.  DUTY TO UPDATE APPLICATION INFORMATION.  Requires the
certificate holder to amend the application by a certain deadline, if
application information changes. 

Sec.  237.107.  CERTIFICATE NONTRANSFERABLE.  Provides that a certificate
of registration issued under this chapter is not transferable. 

Sec.  237.108.  TERM; RENEWAL.  Provides for the expiration of a
certificate of registration upon the second anniversary of its issuance.
Authorizes the renewal of a certificate by agency rules. 

Sec.  237.109.  DUTY TO DISPLAY CERTIFICATE.  Requires a certificate holder
to display the certificate in a conspicuous place at each registered
location. 

SUBCHAPTER D.  SURETY BOND

Sec.  237.151.  CANCELLATION OF SURETY BOND.  Requires a surety on the bond
to provide written notice of the cancellation to the agency by a certain
deadline.  Requires the agency to suspend the certificate holder's
registration if the registration is canceled by the certificate holder. 

Sec.  237.152.  CLAIM AGAINST BOND.  Authorizes a suit to be filed against
the collection entity and the surety.  Authorizes the commencement of a
suit by a private attorney or by the agency for a person making a claim.
Sets forth matters for which a surety is liable. Prohibits the aggregate
liability of a surety for a collection entity's violation from exceeding
the amount of the surety bond. 

Sec.  237.153.  TERM OF SURETY BOND.  Requires the maintenance of a surety
bond until a certain deadline. 

SUBCHAPTER E.  CONTRACT FOR CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION SERVICES

Sec.  237.201.  FORM AND TERMS OF CONTRACT.  Requires a certain format for
a contract for the collection of child support by a collection entity.
Sets forth the required statements for the contract.  

Sec.  237.202.  ISSUANCE OF CONTRACT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.  Requires a
collection entity to provide a certain entity, within a certain deadline, a
copy of the completed contract and any other document the collection entity
requires the person to sign. 

Sec.  237.203.  MAXIMUM FEE PERMITTED.  Authorizes a reasonable fee for the
collection of delinquent child support, as specified in the contract with
the client.  Sets forth provisions for the reasonable limits of the fee.
Voids a contract for child support collection that fails to comply with
this section. 

Sec.  237.204.  BREACH OF CONTRACT.  Creates a violation of this chapter
for the breach of an obligation arising from the contract by a collection
entity. 

Sec.  237.205.  REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN COPY OF CONTRACT.  Requires the
maintenance of certain documents until a certain deadline by a collection
entity. 

Sec.  237.206.  CONTRACT OF UNREGISTERED COLLECTION ENTITY VOID.  Voids a
contract for the collection of child support entered into by an
unregistered collection agency. 

SUBCHAPTER F.  DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

Sec.  237.251.  SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE.  Authorizes the agency to
suspend the certificate of a temporarily ceased collection entity which
intends to resume operation before the registration expiration.  Authorizes
the agency to suspend, rather than deny, an application, under certain
conditions.  Requires a suspended collection entity to suspend its
operations, and to complete certain actions.  Requires the agency to revoke
a certificate of an entity which fails to comply with this chapter or rules
prior to the expiration of suspension. 

Sec.  237.252.  DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE; APPEAL.  Authorizes
the agency to deny  or revoke the certificate of a noncomplying collection
entity.  Requires the agency to notify a certain entity regarding denial,
revocation, and right to appeal. Requires a person wishing to appeal to
take certain actions.  Provides that Chapter 2001, Government Code, governs
the procedures for a contested case hearing.  Requires an appeal to be
heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH).  Authorizes a
person who has appealed to the SOAH to file a suit within a certain
deadline.  Provides that the standard of review for the suit shall be by
substantial evidence.  Requires the maintenance of hearing records until a
certain deadline.  Sets forth provisions for accessing a copy of the
hearing transcript.  Prohibits a person from operating as a collecting
entity during the appeal of a certificate denial or revocation.  Prohibits
a person from applying for a certificate prior to a certain deadline
regarding revocation. 

Sec.  237.253.  EMERGENCY SUSPENSION AND CLOSURE OF COLLECTION ENTITY.
Sets forth provisions for the immediate closure and emergency suspension of
a collection entity, and provides that Chapter 2001, Government Code,
governs such action and an appeal resulting from such action.   

Sec.  237.254.  NOTICE OF REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION.  Sets forth required
notification procedures for the revocation or suspension of a collection
entity's certificate, and requires that collection entity to take certain
actions.  Sets forth procedures for a person who operates a certain
collection entity to apply for a new certificate. 

SUBCHAPTER G.  REMEDIES AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES

Sec.  237.301.  CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.  Authorizes the agency to file a
suit for a civil penalty and injunctive relief regarding violations of
registration requirements. Requires the attorney general, at the agency's
request, to file a suit for a civil penalty and injunctive relief. 

Sec.  237.302.  FRAUDULENT OR DECEPTIVE CONDUCT.  Prohibits a collection
entity from engaging in certain actions. 

Sec.  237.303.  ADVERTISING WITHOUT REGISTRATION.  Prohibits a collection
entity from advertising its services without having a required certificate. 
 
Sec.  237.304.  CAUSING WAIVER PROHIBITED.  Prohibits a collection entity
from attempting to cause a person to waive a right under this chapter. 

Sec.  237.305.  AMOUNT OF CIVIL PENALTY; GROUNDS.  Subjects a person to a
minimum $100, maximum $500 civil penalty for each day of a violation.  Sets
forth actions constituting a violation.  Authorizes a civil penalty to be
assessed in addition to criminal penalties and injunctive relief. 

Sec.  237.306.  CRIMINAL PENALTIES.  Creates an offense for a person who
operates a collection entity without a required certificate.  Creates an
offense for a person who violates Section 237.303, Family Code.  Provides
that an offense under this chapter is a Class B misdemeanor. 

Sec.  237.307.  CIVIL LIABILITY.  Entitles a person injured by a violation
of this chapter to receive certain monies.  Authorizes a prevailing party
under this section to be awarded punitive damages. 

Sec. 237.308.  DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE.  Provides that a violation of this
chapter is a deceptive trade practice under Chapter 17E, Business and
Commerce Code. 

SECTION 58.  Amends Section 191.028, Health and Safety Code, by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c), to provide that subject to rules
adopted by the Texas Department of Health, a correcting certificate may
correct birth record errors within a certain time frame.  Authorizes
certain entities to issue the corrected certificate without completing
certain actions.  Makes a conforming change.  

SECTION 59.  Amends Section 192.002(c), Health and Safety Code, to require
the mother's and father's social security number to be made available to
the federal Social Security Administration. Deletes text regarding
signatures and enforcement.  Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 60.  Amends Sections 192.003(e) and (g), Health and Safety Code, to
require a certain person to provide an opportunity for the child's mother
and putative, rather than biological, father to sign a fatherhood document
as provided by Chapter 160C, Family Code, and to provide oral information
to the parents.  Deletes text regarding the birth certificate and signed
consent forms. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 61.  Amends 192.005, Health and Safety Code, to require the
completion of items on a birth certificate if the father and mother signed
an acknowledgment of paternity form, rather than the birth certificate,
under Chapter 160C, Family Code.  Requires the state registrar to issue a
supplementary birth certificate, under certain conditions.  Deletes text
regarding paternity.  Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 62.  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 63.  Amends Section 192.006(a), Health and Safety Code, to
authorize the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate if the child's
parents get married after it is born, if the child's parentage is
determined by a fatherhood document, if the parent-child relationship is
terminated, if the child is adopted, or if the child's parentage is
determined by the agency or a court.  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 64.  Amends Sections 193.001(b) and (c), Health and Safety Code, to
require the recording of the social security number on certain documents
regarding the death.  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 65.  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 66.  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 67.  Amends Section 411.127, Government Code, as follows:

Sec.  411.127.  New heading:  ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
INFORMATION:  APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION OF
A PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION ENTITY.  Entitles 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.  Entitles the agency to
obtain information relating to an applicant for registration under Chapter
237, Family Code, from certain entities.  Prohibits the agency from
requesting information before the filing of a certain application.  Defines
"Title IV-D agency." Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 68.  (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 69.  (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 70.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 71.  (a)  Effective date:  September 1, 1999, except as provided by
Subsection (g). 

(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.

 (f)  Requires the agency to adopt rules by May 1, 2000.

(g)  Provides that the effective date for Section 237.101 and Subchapter G,
Chapter 237, Family Code, is January 1, 2001. 

 (h)  Makes application of this Act prospective, in certain situations.

SECTION 72.  Emergency clause.



SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

Relating clause.

Amends the relating clause to provide that this Act relates to the
implementation of the child support enforcement provisions of the federal
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,
and to establish that this Act provides civil and criminal penalties.
Makes nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 1.  

Amends Chapter 101, Family Code, by amending Sections 101.021 and 101.024,
and adding Sections 101.0021 and 101.0302, to add text regarding the bureau
of vital statistics, an obligee, a parent, and a state disbursement unit. 

SECTION 2.  

Amends Sections 102.009(a) and (b), Family Code, to add text regarding the
agency and a fatherhood document. 

SECTION 3.  

 Amends Section 105.002(b), Family Code, to create a prohibition.

SECTION 4.  

Amends Section 108.008, Family Code, to clarify text regarding filing
information after determination of paternity. 

SECTION 5.  

 Amends Section 151.002(a), Family Code, to delete text regarding a claim
to fatherhood. 

SECTION 6.  

Amends Section 154.001, Family Code, by adding Subsection (c), to add text
regarding child support payments. 

SECTION 7.  

Amends Sections 154.004 and 154.006, Family Code, to clarify text regarding
the place of payment and termination of duty of support. 

 SECTION 8.  

Amends Sections 154.242 and 154.243, Family Code, to clarify text regarding
payment or transfer of child support payments by electronic funds transfer
and production of child support payment record. 

SECTION 9.  

 Amends Sections 155.205(a) and (b), Family Code, to clarify text regarding
the agency. 

SECTION 10.  

Amends Chapter 156E, Family Code, by adding Section 156.409, regarding
change in physical possession. 

SECTION 11.  

 Amends Section 157.005(b), Family Code, to clarify text regarding child
support arrears. 

SECTION 12.  

Amends Section 157.102, Family Code, to require, rather than authorize, the
forwarding of the capias. 

SECTION 13.  

Amends Section 157.166, Family Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding
Subsection (c), to clarify text regarding a respondent's's failure and
punishment. 

SECTION 14.  

Amends Section 157.167, Family Code, by adding Subsection (c), to add text
regarding fees and costs. 

SECTION 15.  

 Amends Section 157.269, Family Code, to add text regarding retention of
jurisdiction. 

SECTION 16.  

 Amends Section 157.317(a), Family Code, to add text regarding child
support money. 

SECTION 17.  

 Amends Section 158.003(a), Family Code, to make a nonsubstantive change.

SECTION 18.  

 Amends Sections 158.004 and 158.007, Family Code, to add text regarding
the agency. 

SECTION 19.  

Amends Sections 158.102-158.105, Family Code, to clarify text regarding
time limitations, contents of order or writ of withholding, request for
issuance of order or judicial writ of withholding, and issuance and
delivery of order or judicial writ of withholding. 

SECTION 20.  

 Amends Section 158.106(a), Family Code, to clarify text regarding an
agency responsibility. 
 
SECTION 21.  

Amends Section 158.203(b), Family Code, and adds Subsections (c) and (d),
to add text regarding payments. 

SECTION 22.  

Amends Section 158.210(a), Family Code, to set forth specific circumstances
which subject an employer to a maximum $200 fine. 

SECTION 23.  

Amends Chapter 158C, by amending Section 158.211, and adding Section
158.212, regarding notice of termination of employment and of new
employment, and improper payment. 

SECTION 24.  

 Amends Section 158.312(b), Family Code, to add text regarding a judicial
writ. 

SECTION 25.  

Amends Sections 158.501 and 158.502, Family Code, to clarify text regarding
issuance of administrative writ of withholding by the agency, and when the
administrative writ of withholding may be issued. 

SECTION 26.  

Amends Sections 158.503(a) and (b), Family Code, to add text regarding an
obligor, obligee, and electronic signatures. 

SECTION 27.  

 Amends Section 158.504(b), Family Code, to clarify text regarding support
orders. 

SECTION 28.  

 Amends Section 158.505(a), Family Code, to delete text regarding the
original writ. 

SECTION 29.  

Amends Section 158.506(a), Family Code, to authorize an obligor who
receives notice under Section 158.505, rather than 158.503, Family Code, to
take certain action. 

SECTION 30.  

Redesignated from existing SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 160.001 and 160.004,
Family Code, to add text regarding applicability, and to delete text
regarding the birth certificate. 

SECTION 31.  

Amends Chapter 160C, Family Code, to create a new heading and to clarify
and add new text regarding voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, execution
of acknowledgment, filing acknowledgment of paternity, signing of
acknowledgment or denial of paternity, effect of acknowledgment of
paternity, suit to rescind acknowledgment or denial, suit to contest
acknowledgment or denial, procedure for suit to rescind or contest, barring
of court ratification, full faith and credit, validation of earlier
statement, forms for acknowledgment and denial of paternity, validity of
forms, release of information, adoption of rule, and memorandum of
understanding. 
 
SECTION 32.  

 Amends Section 160.251(d), Family Code, to add text regarding the
fatherhood document. 

SECTION 33.  

Amends Chapter 160D, Family Code, by adding Section 160.2545, to add text
regarding information relating to registry, birth records, and fatherhood
documents filed with the bureau of vital statistics. 

SECTION 34.  

 Amends Section 161.105(b), Family Code, to add text regarding
acknowledgment. 

SECTION 35.  

Amends Section 201.102(b), Family Code, to delete text regarding issues
that apply to a master appointed under this subchapter. 

SECTION 36.  

Amends Section 201.104, Family Code, to create a new heading and add text
regarding the powers and duties of a master. 

SECTION 37.  

Amends Chapter 201B, Family Code, by adding Sections 201.1041 and 201.1042,
to add text regarding judicial action on a master's report and an appeal to
a referring court. 

SECTION 38.  

Amends Chapter 201B, Family Code, by adding Section 201.1065, to add text
regarding supervision of master. 

SECTION 39.  

 Amends Section 201.107(b), Family Code, to clarify text regarding the
subchapter. 

SECTION 40.  

Amends Section 201.111, Family Code, to create a new heading and add text
regarding contempt. 

SECTION 41.  

 Amends Section 203.007(a), Family Code, to make a conforming change.

SECTION 42.  

Amends Section 231.0011, Family Code, to clarify text regarding development
of a statewide integrated system for child support and medical support
enforcement. 

SECTION 43.  

Redesignated from existing SECTION 2.  

 Amends Section 231.002, Family Code, to make nonsubstantive changes.

Amends Section 231.005, Family Code, to clarify text regarding a county
advisory work  group. 

SECTION 44.  

Amends Section 231.106(b), Family Code, to add text regarding a prohibition
against the clerk. 

SECTION 45.  

Amends Section 231.108, Family Code, by adding Subsection (f), regarding
rulemaking authority. 

SECTION 46.  

Amends Chapter 231B, Family Code, by amending Sections 231.112, 231.115 and
231.117, and adding Sections 231.117-231.120, to clarify and add text
regarding information on paternity establishment, noncooperation by
recipient of public assistance, unemployed custodial parent, service of
citation, ombudsman program, and a toll-free number for employers. 

SECTION 47.  

 Amends Section 231.204, Family Code, to clarify text regarding certain
courts. 

SECTION 48.  

 Amends Section 231.301, Family Code, to add text regarding agency locator
services. 

SECTION 49.  

Redesignated from existing SECTION 4.  Amends Sections 231.305(a)(5)-(8),
Family Code, to add and clarify text regarding the memorandum of
understanding on child support for children receiving public assistance. 

SECTION 50.  

 Amends Section 232.004(b), Family Code, to clarify text regarding
jurisdiction. 

SECTION 51.  

 Amends Section 233.001(b), Family Code, to clarify text regarding federal
law. 

SECTION 52.  

 Redesignated from existing SECTION 5.

SECTION 53. 

Redesignated from existing SECTION 6.  Amends Section 233.0095, Family
Code, to make conforming changes. 

SECTION 54.  

 Amends Section 233.019(c), Family Code, to make a conforming change.

SECTION 55.  

 Amends Section 233.020(b), Family Code, to make a conforming change.

 SECTION 56.  

Amends Chapter 234A, Family Code, by amending Sections 234.001-234.003, and
adding Sections 234.006-234.008, to clarify and add text regarding
establishment and operation of state case registry and state disbursement
unit, integrated system for child support and medical support enforcement,
work group, required cooperation, effective date and procedures, notice of
place of payment, and distribution and return of payments. 

SECTION 57.  

Amends Title 5D, Family Code, by adding Chapter 237, to add text regarding
registration of private child support collection entities, definitions,
administrative provisions, fees, application and registration requirements,
criminal background check, surety bond, duty to update application
information, certificate specifics, surety bond specifics, contract for
child support collection services specifics, disciplinary action specifics,
and remedies and prohibited practices specifics. 

SECTION 58.  

Amends Section 191.028, Health and Safety Code, by amending Subsection (a)
and adding Subsection (c), to add text regarding birth certificate
corrections. 

SECTION 59.  

Amends Section 192.002(c), Health and Safety Code, to clarify text
regarding social security numbers. 

SECTION 60.  

Amends Sections 192.003(e) and (g), Health and Safety Code, to clarify text
regarding paternity information. 

SECTION 61.  

 Amends 192.005, Health and Safety Code, to clarify text regarding the
record of paternity. 

SECTION 62.  

Amends Section 192.0051, Health and Safety Code, to create a new heading
and clarify text regarding report of determination of paternity. 

SECTION 63.  

Amends Section 192.006(a), Health and Safety Code, to clarify text
regarding a supplementary birth certificate. 

SECTION 64.  

Amends Sections 193.001(b) and (c), Health and Safety Code, to clarify text
regarding social security numbers. 

SECTION 65.  

Amends Section 31.0032(a), Human Resources Code, to clarify text regarding
a Department of Protective and Regulatory Services investigation. 

SECTION 66.  

Amends Sections 31.0033(a) and (c), Human Resources Code, to add text
regarding  sanctions and the agency. 

SECTION 67.  

Amends Section 411.127, Government Code, to create a new heading to clarify
and add text regarding access to criminal history record information of
applicants for employment and applicants for registration of  a private
child support collection entity. 

SECTION 68.  

 Redesignated from existing SECTION 7. 

SECTION 69.  

 Redesignated from existing SECTION 8.

SECTION 70.

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 71.  

Redesignated from existing SECTION 9.  Adds text regarding rulemaking and
conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 72. 

 Redesignated from existing SECTION 10.