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DOJ outlines technical updates to child support statutes in HB 3348A
Summary
House Bill 3348A would modernize language and procedures in Oregon’s child support statutes (ORS chapter 25), allow certain notices to be delivered electronically with authorization, and permit use of an ITIN when an individual lacks a Social Security number for program purposes; the Department of Justice testified in support.
The Department of Justice’s Division of Child Support presented House Bill 3348A to the Senate Committee on Human Services, describing technical modernizations to statutes governing Oregon’s child support program in ORS chapter 25.
Kate Cooper Richardson, director of the DOJ Division of Child Support, told the committee the bill makes “small changes, but good ones” to modernize dated language, update procedures, and expand options for delivering notices. The presenter said the measure would permit electronic delivery of certain notifications if the recipient authorizes it and would allow authorized entities to accept a federal individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) if a person does not have a Social Security number for the purpose of suspending licenses, certificates, permits, or registrations in child-support cases.
Richardson outlined other changes in HB 3348A, including replacing archaic terms (for example, changing “notice and finding of financial responsibility” to “notice and proposed order”) and updating references from “child support enforcement” to “child support program services” where appropriate. She described an update to the notice-of-controlling-judgment process to address situations where multiple child-support judgments exist and to reduce administrative burden for courts and families.
The presenter said the program has submitted written testimony and an information sheet and that the measure has no known opposition; committee members offered thanks and no substantive questions were recorded. DOJ staff emphasized the changes were technical, intended to improve access to justice and administrative clarity, and that the child support program has a 50-year history in Oregon.
No committee action or vote was taken at the public hearing; the committee closed the hearing after testimony.
