HB5670 Summary

• Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to allow individuals to voluntarily elect deductions for current child support payments from unemployment insurance benefits.

• Director of Employment Security must adopt rules implementing the voluntary child support deduction provision.

• Deducted amounts are treated as if paid to the individual as benefits and then paid toward child support obligations.

• Adds new subsection (B-5) to Section 1300 of the Unemployment Insurance Act establishing the framework for voluntary current child support withholding.