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CHAPTER 1. Department of Child Support Services [17000. - 17393.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 478, Sec. 1.

§§ 17000–17393 · 34 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General § 17000 · 1 section
    • § 17000 The definitions contained in this section, and definitions applicable to Division 9 (commencing with Section 3500), shall govern the construction of this…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Organization §§ 17200–17212 · 8 sections
    • § 17200 The Department of Child Support Services is hereby created within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The department shall administer all services…
    • § 17202 (a) The department is hereby designated the single organizational unit whose duty it shall be to administer the Title IV-D state plan for securing child and…
    • § 17204 The department consists of the director and such division or other administrative units as the director may find necessary.
    • § 17206 The department shall ensure that there is an adequate organizational structure and sufficient staff to perform functions delegated to any governmental unit…
    • § 17208 (a) The department shall reduce the cost of, and increase the speed and efficiency of, child support enforcement operations. It is the intent of the…
    • § 17210 The department shall ensure that the local child support agency offices and services are reasonably accessible throughout the counties, and shall establish…
    • § 17211 The department shall administer the Child Support Assurance Demonstration Project established by Article 5 (commencing with Section 18241) of Chapter 3.3 of…
    • § 17212 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to protect individual rights of privacy, and to facilitate and enhance the effectiveness of the child and spousal…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Director of Child Support Services §§ 17300–17325 · 21 sections
    • § 17300 (a) With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at the Governor’s pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the…
    • § 17302 The director shall do all of the following: (a) Be responsible for the management of the department. (b) Administer all federal and state laws and regulations…
    • § 17303 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Part D (commencing with Section 651)…
    • § 17304 To address the concerns stated by the Legislature in Section 17303, each county shall establish a new county department of child support services. Each…
    • § 17305 (a) In order to achieve an orderly and timely transition to the new system with minimal disruption of services, the director shall begin the transition from…
    • § 17306 (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall develop uniform forms, policies, and procedures to be employed statewide by all local child support…
    • § 17306.1 (a) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the department shall implement a revised local child support agency funding methodology that was developed in…
    • § 17307 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Department of Child Support Services has the authority and discretion to prevent, correct, or remedy the…
    • § 17308 The director shall assume responsibility for implementing and managing all aspects of a single statewide automated child support system that will comply with…
    • § 17309 Effective October 1, 1998, the state shall operate a State Disbursement Unit as required by federal law (42 U.S.C. Secs. 654 (27), 654a(g), and 654b).
    • § 17309.5 (a) An employer who is required to withhold and, by electronic fund transfer, pay tax pursuant to Section 19011 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Section…
    • § 17310 (a) The director shall formulate, adopt, amend, or repeal regulations and general policies affecting the purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the…
    • § 17311 (a) The Child Support Payment Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The department shall administer the fund. (b) (1) The state may deposit child…
    • § 17311.5 (a) The department may enter into a trust agreement with a trustee or fiscal intermediary to receive or disburse child support collections. The trust agreement…
    • § 17311.7 (a) Any payment required to be made to a family through the State Disbursement Unit shall be made directly to the obligee parent in the child support order…
    • § 17312 (a) The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the…
    • § 17314 (a) Subject to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the director shall appoint…
    • § 17316 No person, while holding the office of director, shall be a trustee, manager, director, or other officer or employee of any agency performing any function…
    • § 17318 Except as otherwise expressly provided, Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as it may be added to or…
    • § 17320 The department shall coordinate with the State Department of Social Services to avoid the imposition of any federal penalties that cause a reduction in the…
    • § 17325 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if child support payments are directly deposited to an account of the recipient’s choice, as authorized under the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Statewide Registry for Child Support §§ 17390–17393 · 4 sections
    • § 17390 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no single statewide database containing statistical data regarding child support orders. (b) The…
    • § 17391 (a) The department shall develop an implementation plan for the Statewide Child Support Registry. The Statewide Child Support Registry shall be operated by the…
    • § 17392 (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…
    • § 17393 The Judicial Council shall develop the forms necessary to implement this article.