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Committee approves bill moving parts of child-support rules into statute
Summary
The Senate committee voted to send House Bill 336 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill moves certain child support enforcement provisions from IDAPA rule into statute, including authority to intercept support for foster care and notify consumer reporting agencies for overdue support.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to advance House Bill 336, which moves selected sections of IDAPA 16.03.03 (child support services) into statute and makes several changes related to enforcement and notice procedures.
Representative Lucas Kaler, the bill sponsor, told the committee the transfer includes provisions that allow the department to intercept and retain child support from an obligor to assist with foster care placement and to notify consumer reporting agencies when overdue support exceeds $2,000 in three months of arrears. He said the bill also adds a new statutory section for review and modification of support orders and removes certain rule-based requirements from statute where indicated.
Supporters said the change is part of a broader trend this session to move specific administrative rules into statute. The sponsor said the move will save administrative cost related to rule publication; the fiscal note cited a per-page savings figure. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation on a voice vote; the transcript did not include a roll-call vote.
