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Board approves amended agreement between district attorney's office and state for child support services
Summary
The board approved an amended agreement updating statutory references for child support services reimbursement and increasing reimbursement caps per the revised state statute.
The Crook County Board of Commissioners approved an amended agreement between the district attorney’s office and the state to update statutory references and adjust reimbursement caps related to child support services.
Gary Hawthorne, representing the district attorney's office, explained the amendment replaces references to a repealed statute with the current statutory language and updates terminology the state uses. "The statute that governed reimbursement for child support enforcement to the county changed," Hawthorne said, noting the document modifies the prior agreement and "increases the cap of what child support enforcement is allowed to purchase with the promise and be reimbursed for without going in getting preapproval."
The agreement is intended to align county contracting with the current state law and reimbursement practice. Hawthorne said county signatures were requested; commissioners authorized the amendment and signed the document as presented.
Why it matters: The amended agreement brings county documentation into conformity with the state statute governing child support services reimbursements and raises the preapproval spending cap used by the district attorney’s office when performing child support duties.
Next steps: County and district attorney staff will execute the amendment; the DA’s office will proceed under the revised reimbursement and spending cap rules.
