Bill Text: IA HF2426 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to review of the amount withheld to pay a child support delinquency involving a hardship claim, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2040.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Judiciary. H.J. 594. [HF2426 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2426-Introduced.html

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House File 2426 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2040)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to review of the amount withheld to pay a
  2    child support delinquency involving a hardship claim, and
  3    including effective date provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ==== CHILD SUPPORT
  1  2 DELINQUENCY ==== HARDSHIP.  The department of human services
  1  3 shall revise rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish the
  1  4 criteria and procedures for reviewing the amount to be withheld
  1  5 from the obligor's income to pay a child support delinquency
  1  6 when such amount is based on the department's hardship
  1  7 criteria. The rules shall provide that the child support
  1  8 recovery unit may periodically initiate such reviews and that a
  1  9 child support obligee may request such a review not more often
  1 10 than every two years. The rules shall be effective no later
  1 11 than January 1, 2019.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  1 13 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 17    This bill requires the department of human services to
  1 18 revise rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A to be effective no
  1 19 later than January 1, 2019, to establish the criteria and
  1 20 procedures for reviewing the amount to be withheld from the
  1 21 obligor's income to pay a child support delinquency when such
  1 22 amount is based on the department's hardship criteria. The
  1 23 rules shall provide that the child support recovery unit may
  1 24 periodically initiate such a review and that an obligee may
  1 25 also request such a review not more often than every two years.
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