16575-16583
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 16575-16583
16575. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no single statewide data base containing statistical data regarding child support orders. (b) The Statewide Automated Child Support System or its replacement may be utilized to provide a single statewide registry of all child support orders in California, including orders for cases under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and all cases with child support orders. 16576. (a) The department shall develop an implementation plan for the Statewide Child Support Registry. The Statewide Child Support Registry shall be operated by the agency responsible for operation of the Statewide Automated Child Support System (SACSS) or its replacement. The Statewide Child Support Registry shall include storage and data retrieval of the data elements specified in Section 16577 for all California child support orders. The plan shall be developed in consultation with clerks of the court, district attorneys, and child support advocates. The plan shall be submitted to the Legislature by January 31, 1998. The implementation plan shall explain in general terms, among other things, how the Statewide Child Support Registry will operate to ensure that all data in the Statewide Child Support Registry can be accessed and how data shall be integrated for statistical analysis and reporting purposes with all child support order data contained in the Statewide Automated Child Support System or its replacement and the Los Angeles Automated Child Support Enforcement System (ACSES) Replacement System. (b) Each clerk of the court shall provide the information specified in Section 16577 within 20 days to the department or the Statewide Child Support Registry from each new or modified child support order, including child support arrearage orders. (c) The department shall maintain a system for compiling the child support data received from the clerks of the court, ensure that all child support data received from the clerks of the court are entered into the Statewide Child Support Registry within 10 days of receipt in the Statewide Child Support Registry, and ensure that the Statewide Child Support Registry is fully implemented statewide. (d) The department shall provide aggregate data on a periodic basis on the data maintained by the Statewide Child Support Registry to the Judicial Council, the appropriate agencies of the executive branch, and the Legislature for statistical analysis and review. The data shall not include individual identifying information for specific cases. (e) Any information maintained by the Statewide Child Support Registry received from clerks of the court shall be provided to county district attorneys, the Franchise Tax Board, the courts, and others as provided by law. 16577. (a) The Judicial Council shall develop any forms that may be necessary to implement the Statewide Child Support Registry. The forms may be in electronic form or in hard copy, as appropriate. The forms shall be developed so as not to delay implementation, and shall be available no later than 30 days prior to the implementation, of the Statewide Child Support Registry. (b) The information transmitted from the clerks of the court to the Statewide Child Support Registry shall include all of the following: (1) Any information required under federal law. (2) Any other information the department and the Judicial Council find appropriate. 16578. It is the intent of the Legislature that county clerks and district attorneys will meet with the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the relevant legislative policy committees, to devise specific procedures to implement this chapter. 16583. The Judicial Council shall develop the forms necessary to implement this chapter.