SECTIONS 16575-16583 - California Statutes

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.