SB 3028 Summary

• Requires child support enforcement agency to pass through up to $100 monthly for families with one child and up to $200 monthly for families with multiple children receiving public assistance.

• Directs Department of Human Services to disregard passed-through child support payments when determining eligibility and benefit amounts for public assistance applicants and recipients.

• Imposes fines up to $1,000 on employers who fail to comply with income withholding orders for child support or who discharge, refuse to hire, or discipline employees due to such orders.

• Changes income withholding order compliance language from "or not" to "regardless of" regarding whether correct amounts were withheld.

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Attorney General's child support enforcement agency for fiscal year 2018-2019 to implement these requirements.