Sec. 311. STATE CASE REGISTRY

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## SEC. 311 STATE CASE REGISTRY Section 454A, as added by section 344(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(e) State Case Registry > > > #### “(1) Contents > > The automated system required by this section shall include a registry (which shall be known as the ‘State case registry’) that contains records with respect to— > > > ##### “(A) > > each case in which services are being provided by the State agency under the State plan approved under this part; and > > > ##### “(B) > > each support order established or modified in the State on or after October 1, 1998. > > > #### “(2) Linking of local registries > > The State case registry may be established by linking local case registries of support orders through an automated information network, subject to this section. > > > #### “(3) Use of standardized data elements > > Such records shall use standardized data elements for both parents (such as names, social security numbers and other uniform identification numbers, dates of birth, and case identification numbers), and contain such other information (such as on case status) as the Secretary may require. > > > #### “(4) Payment records > > Each case record in the State case registry with respect to which services are being provided under the State plan approved under this part and with respect to which a support order has been established shall include a record of— > > > ##### “(A) > > the amount of monthly (or other periodic) support owed under the order, and other amounts (including arrearages, interest or late payment penalties, and fees) due or overdue under the order; > > > ##### “(B) > > any amount described in subparagraph

(A)that has been collected; > > > ##### “(C) > > the distribution of such collected amounts; > > > ##### “(D) > > the birth date of any child for whom the order requires the provision of support; and > > > ##### “(E) > > the amount of any lien imposed with respect to the order pursuant to section 466(a)(4). > > > #### “(5) Updating and monitoring > > The State agency operating the automated system required by this section shall promptly establish and update, maintain, and regularly monitor, case records in the State case registry with respect to which services are being provided under the State plan approved under this part, on the basis of— > > > ##### “(A) > > information on administrative actions and administrative and judicial proceedings and orders relating to paternity and support; > > > ##### “(B) > > information obtained from comparison with Federal, State, or local sources of information; > > > ##### “(C) > > information on support collections and distributions; and > > > ##### “(D) > > any other relevant information. > > > ### “(f) Information Comparisons and Other Disclosures of Information > > The State shall use the automated system required by this section to extract information from (at such times, and in such standardized format or formats, as may be required by the Secretary), to share and compare information with, and to receive information from, other data bases and information comparison services, in order to obtain (or provide) information necessary to enable the State agency (or the Secretary or other State or Federal agencies) to carry out this part, subject to section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such information comparison activities shall include the following: > > > #### “(1) Federal case registry of child support orders > > Furnishing to the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders established under section 453(h) (and update as necessary, with information including notice of expiration of orders) the minimum amount of information on child support cases recorded in the State case registry that is necessary to operate the registry (as specified by the Secretary in regulations). > > > #### “(2) Federal parent locator service > > Exchanging information with the Federal Parent Locator Service for the purposes specified in section 453. > > > #### “(3) Temporary family assistance and medicaid agencies > > Exchanging information with State agencies (of the State and of other States) administering programs funded under part A, programs operated under a State plan approved under title XIX, and other programs designated by the Secretary, as necessary to perform State agency responsibilities under this part and under such programs. > > > #### “(4) Intrastate and interstate information comparisons > > Exchanging information with other agencies of the State, agencies of other States, and interstate information networks, as necessary and appropriate to carry out (or assist other States to carry out) the purposes of this part.” > .