Loading chat...

CO HB1100

Bill

Status

Passed

3/24/2020

Primary Sponsor

Meg Froelich

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows the general assembly to annually appropriate funds to reimburse counties for 50% of child support collections and the federal government for its share of collections passed through to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients

  • Requires the state department to allocate and distribute appropriated money to counties and make necessary system changes if the general assembly fails to appropriate at least 90% of the prior fiscal year's total county share of collections passed through to custodial parties

  • Permits counties to voluntarily implement child support pass-through programs using their own resources in fiscal years when insufficient state funding is appropriated, though state automated systems are not required to support such implementation

  • Creates the Child Support Collection Fund in the state treasury to receive unexpended and unencumbered appropriated money at the end of each fiscal year, with interest and income credited to the fund for future implementation expenses

  • Takes effect August 5, 2020, or upon voter approval in the November 2020 general election if a referendum petition is filed within 90 days of final adjournment

Legislative Description

Pass-through Child Support Payments

Last Action

Governor Signed

3/24/2020

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services2/21/2020
Committee of the Whole2/5/2020
Public Health Care & Human Services1/14/2020

Full Bill Text

No bill text available