Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Child Support Enforcement Programs
Key claim: HHS is removing outdated and unnecessary federal child-support rules so state and tribal child-support agencies face fewer paperwork, systems, and reporting requirements.
Abstract
(Rule · Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families Administration) This final rule amends the Child Support regulations that were unnecessary or obsolete in the following sections: State Plan Approval and Grant Procedures, State Plan Requirements, Standards for Program Operations, Federal Financial Participation, Program Performance Measures, Standards, Financial Incentives, and Penalties, Computerized Support Enforcement Systems, Annual State Self-Assessment Review and Report, Tribal Child Support Enforcement (IV-D) Program, and Computerized Tribal IV-D Systems and Office Automation.
Why this matters
HHS is removing outdated and unnecessary federal child-support rules so state and tribal child-support agencies face fewer paperwork, systems, and reporting requirements.