Bill > SB01359

This bill makes several revisions to statutes concerning the Department of Social Services, addressing multiple areas of social service administration. First, it modifies child support enforcement procedures, allowing the IV-D agency to notify various entities about overdue child support and potentially withhold assets or benefits when an obligor owes $500 or more. The bill also changes how child support orders are handled when an obligor is incarcerated, removing previous restrictions that prevented modifications for certain offenses and establishing a process to potentially reduce support orders to zero dollars during extended periods of institutionalization. Additionally, the bill requires managed residential communities to post contact information for reporting elder abuse, mandates the Department of Social Services to stagger the distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, updates rate-setting procedures for residential care facilities, and expands the registry of employees terminated for substantiated abuse to include more potential users. The bill also introduces a new provision requiring the development of an outreach program and informational materials about Medicaid coverage for custom-made breast prostheses for mastectomy patients. These changes aim to improve administrative efficiency, support vulnerable populations, and ensure more comprehensive social services.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services, Justice

Human Services Committee (J)

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