4373 - Administration of Title IV-D program. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 4373. Administration of Title IV-D program. (a) Parent locator service.--The department shall maintain a parent locator service for the purpose of establishing parentage, for establishing, setting the amount of, modifying or enforcing child support, establishing or enforcing visitation or custody orders and locating legally responsible relatives. The locator services shall utilize all sources of information and legally available records. In addition, the department shall utilize the parent locator service of the Federal Government pursuant to Federal law and shall only make disclosures of information to individuals as provided by Federal law. (b) Cooperative agreements.--The department shall undertake, either directly or pursuant to cooperative arrangements with appropriate counties, courts or law enforcement officials, including domestic relations sections, to do all of the following: (1) Establish paternity of children with respect to whom assistance has been received. (2) Secure support for children under paragraph (1) from a legally responsible relative. (3) Determine whether the applicant or recipient is cooperating in good faith with matters set forth in section 4379 (relating to cooperation required). (4) Notify the applicant or recipient of each noncooperation determination and the basis for such determination. (5) Make available child support and paternity determination services to any individual not receiving assistance to the extent required by Federal law and upon application submitted to the department on forms provided by the department, the payment of any application fee established by the department and the agreement to pay costs in excess of any fee out of any recovery made by the department. (c) Incentive payments.--The department shall make incentive payments to political subdivisions and other states consistent with Federal law whenever the political subdivision or other state enforces or collects support payable to the department.