1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20352Updated December 1, 1999Centralized Collection and Disbursement of Child Support Payments(name redacted)Specialist in Social LegislationDomestic Social Policy DivisionSummaryP.L
2、. 104-193 requires state Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agencies to operatea centralized automated unit for collection and disbursement of payments on twocategories of child support orders: (1) those enforced by the CSE agency and (2) thoseissued or modified on or after January 1, 1994, which are n
3、ot enforced by the state CSEagency but for which the noncustodial parents income is subject to withholding. Thestate disbursement unit generally must use automated procedures, electronic processes,and computer-driven technology to collect and disburse support payments, to keep anaccurate identificat
4、ion of payments, to promptly disburse money to custodial parents orother states, and to furnish parents with a record of the current status of supportpayments. The collection and disbursement unit provisions went into effect on October1, 1998; except that states that processed the receipt of child s