CT HB05436

Requires the Commission, in consultation with the State Marshals Advisory Board, to adopt regulations establishing professional standards and training requirements for state marshals, and to implement policies ensuring a minimal percentage of state marshals actively serve capias mittimus orders (effective from passage).

Directs the Comptroller to develop electronic systems that facilitate processing of income withholding orders for child support, including orders transmitted through the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (effective July 1, 2016).

Expands unemployment compensation withholding procedures to accept income withholding orders transmitted electronically through the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, and clarifies that such amounts are treated as paid unemployment compensation applied to child support obligations (effective July 1, 2016).

Prohibits Department of Social Services employees from contacting the employer of a named putative father in IV-D support cases without a court order, unless paternity has been adjudicated (effective October 1, 2016).

Establishes a task force to study technological and other initiatives to maximize child support collection and ensure compliance with court orders, with a final report due to the General Assembly by January 1, 2018 (effective from passage).