2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 17. SUPPORT SERVICES [17000 - 17804]
ARTICLE 2. Collections and Enforcement
Section 17555

(a) Any appropriation made available in the annual Budget Act for the purposes of augmenting funding for local child support agencies in the furtherance of their revenue collection responsibilities shall be subject to all of the following requirements:

(1) Each local child support agency shall submit to the department an early intervention plan with all components to take effect upon receipt of their additional allocation as a result of this proposal.

(2) Funds shall be distributed to counties based on their performance on the following two federal performance measures:

(A) Measure 3: Collections on Current Support.

(B) Measure 4: Cases with Collections on Arrears.

(3) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall submit an interim report to the fiscal committees of the Legislature by January 1 of any year for which a budget appropriation for this purpose is made, to track and evaluate the impact of the augmentation on revenue collections and cost-effectiveness, with an additional oral report to be provided during the spring subcommittee review process.

(4) A local child support agency shall be required to use and ensure that 100 percent of the new funds allocated are dedicated to maintaining caseworker staffing levels in order to stabilize child support collections.

(5) At the end of each fiscal year that this augmentation is in effect, the department shall provide a report on the cost-effectiveness of this augmentation, including an assessment of caseload changes over time.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to review the results of this augmentation and the level of related appropriation during the legislative budget review process.

(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 725, Sec. 3. Effective October 19, 2010.)