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Committee approves moving select child‑support rules into statute, including foster‑care withholding and reporting thresholds
Summary
Senators voted to send House Bill 336 to the floor. The bill transfers sections of child‑support rules into statute, including authority to intercept and retain support for foster‑care placement and a consumer reporting notice for arrears over $2,000.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to advance House Bill 336, which moves a portion of child‑support enforcement regulations from administrative rule into statute.
Representative Lucas Kaler, sponsor, summarized the changes: the bill allows the Department of Health and Welfare to intercept and retain child support from an obligor to assist with foster‑care placement, authorizes the department to notify consumer reporting agencies when overdue support exceeds $2,000 and three months in arrears, adds a new statutory section on review and modification of support orders, and strikes a rule requirement tied to judicial income withholding language.
Kaler told the committee the change would also remove a departmental fee schedule section from statute; the sponsor said moving the material from rule to statute would produce administrative savings for rule publication.
Committee members asked no substantive follow‑up, and Senator Blaylock moved that the committee send House Bill 336 to the floor with a due pass recommendation; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Supporters said the change clarifies enforcement tools and consolidates certain administrative provisions into statute; no opponents were recorded on the committee transcript.
