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Administration for Children and Families US Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Child Support Enforcement Giving Hope and Support to America's Children
45 CFR Part 301 - 307
[Revised as of October 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

Note:This electronic version is provided for convenience by the Office of Child Support Enforcement.
The published hard copy is the official version.

PART 301 STATE PLAN APPROVAL AND GRANT PROCEDURES
301.0 Scope and applicability of this part.
301.1 General definitions.
301.10 State plan.
301.11 State plan; format.
301.12 Submittal of State plan for Governor's review.
301.13 Approval of State plans and amendments.
301.14 Administrative review of certain administrative decisions.
301.15 Grants.
301.16 Withholding of advance funds for not reporting.
PART 302 STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS
302.0 Scope of this part.
302.1 Definitions.
302.10 Statewide operations.
302.11 State financial participation.
302.12 Single and separate organizational unit.
302.13 Plan amendments.
302.14 Fiscal policies and accountability.
302.15 Reports and maintenance of records.
302.17 Inclusion of State statutes.
302.19 Bonding of employees.
302.20 Separation of cash handling and accounting functions.
302.30 Publicizing the availability of support enforcement services.
302.31 Establishing paternity and securing support.
302.32 Collection and distribution of support payments by the IV-D agency.
302.33 Services to individuals not receiving AFDC or title IV-E foster care assistance.
302.34 Cooperative arrangements.
302.35 State parent locator service.
302.36 Provision of services in interstate IV-D cases.
302.38 Payments to the family.
302.39 Standards for program operation.
302.50 Support obligations.
302.51 Distribution of support collections.
302.52 Distribution of support collected in Title IV-E foster care maintenance cases.
302.54 Notice of collection of assigned support.
302.55 Incentive payments to States and political subdivisions.
302.56 Guidelines for setting child support awards.
302.57 Procedures for the payment of support through the IV-D agency or other entity.
302.60 Collection of past-due support from Federal tax refunds.
302.65 Withholding of unemployment compensation.
302.70 Required State laws.
302.75 Procedures for the imposition of late payment fees on absent parents who owe overdue support.
302.80 Medical support enforcement.
302.85 Mandatory computerized support enforcement system.
PART 303 STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM OPERATIONS
303.0 Scope and applicability of this part.
303.1 Definitions.
303.2 Establishment of cases and maintenance of case records.
303.3 Location of absent parents.
303.4 Establishment of support obligations.
303.5 Establishment of paternity.
303.6 Enforcement of support obligations.
303.7 Provision of services in interstate IV-D cases.
303.8 Review and adjustment of child support orders.
303.11 Case closure criteria.
303.15 Agreements to use the Federal Parent Locator Service (PLS) in parental kidnapping and child custody cases.
303.20 Minimum organizational and staffing requirements.
303.21 Safeguarding information.
303.30 Securing medical support information.
303.31 Securing and enforcing medical support obligations.
303.52 Pass-through of incentives to political subdivisions.
303.69 Requests by agents or attorneys of the United States for information from the Federal Parent Locator Service (PLS).
303.70 Requests by the State Parent Locator Service (SPLS) for information from the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS).
303.71 Requests for full collection services by the Secretary of the Treasury.
303.72 Requests for collection of past-due support by Federal tax refund offset.
303.73 Applications to use the courts of the United States to enforce court orders.
303.80 Recovery of direct payments.
303.100 Procedures for wage or income withholding.
303.101 Expedited processes.
303.102 Collection of overdue support by State income tax refund offset.
303.103 Procedures for the imposition of liens against real and personal property.
303.104 Procedures for posting security, bond or guarantee to secure payment of overdue support.
303.105 Procedures for making information available to consumer reporting agencies.
303.106 Procedures to prohibit retroactive modification of child support arrearages.
303.107 Requirements for cooperative arrangements.
303.108 Quarterly wage and unemployment compensation claims reporting to the National Directory of New Hires.
PART 304 FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION
304.10 General administrative requirements.
304.11 Effect of State rules.
304.12 Incentive payments.
304.15 Cost allocation.
304.20 Availability and rate of Federal financial participation.
304.21 Federal financial participation in the costs of cooperative arrangements with courts and law enforcement officials.
304.22 Federal financial participation in purchased support enforcement services.
304.23 Expenditures for which Federal financial participation is not available.
304.24 Equipment--Federal financial participation.
304.25 Treatment of expenditures; due date.
304.26 Determination of Federal share of collections.
304.29 Applicability of other regulations.
304.30 Public sources of State's share.
304.40 Repayment of Federal funds by installments.
304.50 Treatment of program income.
PART 305 AUDIT AND PENALTY
305.0 Scope.
305.1 Definitions.
305.10 Timing and scope of audit.
305.11 Audit period.
305.12 State comments.
305.13 State cooperation in annual audit.
305.20 Effective support enforcement program.
305.98 Performance indicators and audit criteria.
305.99 Notice and corrective action period.
305.100 Penalty for failure to have an effective support enforcement program.
PART 306 [Reserved]
PART 307 COMPUTERIZED SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS
307.0 Scope of this part.
307.1 Definitions.
307.5 Mandatory computerized support enforcement systems.
307.10 Functional requirements for computerized support enforcement systems in operation by October 1, 1997.
307.11 Functional requirements for computerized support enforcement systems in operation by October 1, 2000.
307.13 Security and confidentiality for computerized support enforcement systems in operation after October 1, 1997.
307.15 Approval of advance planning documents for computerized support enforcement systems.
307.20 Submittal of advance planning documents for computerized support enforcement systems.
307.25 Review and certification of computerized support enforcement systems.
307.30 Federal financial participation at the 90 percent rate for statewide computerized support enforcement systems.
307.31 Federal financial participation at the 80 percent rate for computerized support enforcement systems.
307.35 Federal financial participation at the applicable matching rate for computerized support enforcement systems.
307.40 Suspension of approval of advance planning documents for computerized support enforcement systems.