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This bill aims to further family-centered child support. It makes several changes to existing laws: 1. It requires the Department of Transitional Assistance to impose sanctions on any recipient of public assistance under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act who, without good cause, does not cooperate with the IV-D child support agency to establish paternity or child support. The bill also specifies the circumstances under which the Department can determine a recipient has "good cause" for not cooperating. 2. It requires child support collected on behalf of a recipient of state welfare benefits (under Chapter 118) to be paid directly to the family, and it disregards the first $500 per month of such child support when determining the family's countable income. 3. It allows the IV-D child support agency to provide paternity establishment services, upon request, to individuals who are not required to cooperate with the agency to establish paternity or child support.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S92