Sec. 101. State assessments of barriers to employment and financial support of children
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As a condition of the continued approval of a State plan under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), each State with an approved such plan, acting through the appropriate State agencies, shall assess the State policies with respect to the issues described in subsection
(b)and submit a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the results of such assessment not later than October 1, 2014. For purposes of subsection (a), the issues described in this subsection are the following: The process of setting and modifying child support obligations, particularly with respect to low-income parents, including— the role and criteria for using imputed income in determining child support obligations; the process of modifying obligations; the consideration of income and employment status, including efforts to identify unreported income; the consideration of incarceration; the consideration of disability; the treatment of arrearages, including interest charged, and laws or procedures that interfere with forgiveness, adjustment, waiver, or compromise of arrears owed to the State by low-income noncustodial parents who lack sufficient ability to pay such arrearages; the procedures related to retroactive support; and State pass-through and disregard policies for recipients of means-tested public benefits. The impact of State criminal laws and law enforcement practices on the employment acquisition, retention, and advancement prospects of individuals following arrest, conviction, or incarceration, including— any efforts, including counseling or employment support, to assist ex-prisoners with reentry to a community and successful reunification with their families; and an assessment of any efforts to seal or expunge arrest and conviction records and any efforts to grant certificates or other acknowledgments of rehabilitation to ex-prisoners, and to examine State occupational licensing and certification procedures. An assessment of the impact of debt on employment retention, including child support and non-child support debts imposed to recover costs related to welfare and criminal justice. An assessment of State practices related to providing prisoners and ex-prisoners with valid identification documents upon release from prison. Identification of any other barriers to healthy family formation or sustainable economic opportunity for custodial and noncustodial parents that are created or exacerbated by Federal or State laws, policies, or procedures, including an examination of the rules of Federal and State means-tested programs, the operation of the State workforce system, the availability of financial education services, and the availability of domestic violence services and child support procedures to help victims of domestic violence stay safe and obtain the child support they are owed. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to States to establish or support commissions to review the State assessment conducted in accordance with subsection
(a)and to make recommendations on ways to improve State law in the best interest of children and families. Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose of making— payments to States to offset all or a portion of the costs of conducting the State assessments and reports required under subsection (a); and grants to States under subsection (c).
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