HB 22-1360 Summary

• From federal fiscal year 2000 through 2023, the state must pass 100% of federal child support incentive payments to county departments.

• Beginning in federal fiscal year 2024, the state may retain a percentage of federal incentives equal to the increase over the average of federal fiscal years 2018-2022, with retained funds used for technology enhancements to the automated child support enforcement system (ACSES).

• A statewide association of county human service directors and the state department must jointly determine whether to retain incentive payments and how to invest retained amounts through rules promulgated by the state board.

• All incentives not retained by the state must be passed through to county departments, which must use payments to supplement (not replace) other funds for approved child support program activities.

• Beginning July 1, 2025, the state department must report annually to the Joint Technology Committee on each project funded by retained federal incentive money.