MN SF2798

Establishes a 15-member Child Support Task Force within the Department of Human Services to advise the commissioner on child support guidelines and changing family dynamics.

Comprises two house members, two senators, county attorneys representative, child support division employee, tribal member, family support representative, judge, four parents (with cultural diversity and equal custodial/noncustodial balance), legal services representative, and family law attorney.

Task force must meet at least three times yearly, with one meeting open to public input, and must annually consult with the Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council.

Requires the task force to review priority issues including self-support reserves, simultaneous child support orders, multi-county obligors, parents with multiple families, non-nuclear families, modification standards, and basic support guidelines under section 518A.35.

Task force expires June 30, 2019, unless extended by legislature; must submit reports to legislative committees by February 15, 2018, and biennially thereafter summarizing activities, identified issues, and recommendations for legislative action.