Flexibility, Efficiency, and Modernization in Child Support Enforcement Programs
other · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2016-12-20 · Effective 2017-01-19 · 81 FR 93492
Document
Document number
2016-29598
Federal Register citation
81 FR 93492
CFR reference
42 CFR 433
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2016-12-20
Effective date
2017-01-19
HHS docket
CMS-2343-F
Abstract
This rule is intended to carry out the President's directives in Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. The final rule will make Child Support Enforcement program operations and enforcement procedures more flexible, more effective, and more efficient by recognizing the strength of existing State enforcement programs, advancements in technology that can enable improved collection rates, and the move toward electronic communication and document management. This final rule will improve and simplify program operations, and remove outmoded limitations to program innovations to better serve families. In addition, the final rule clarifies and corrects technical provisions in existing regulations. The rule makes significant changes to the regulations on case closure, child support guidelines, and medical support enforcement. It will improve child support collection rates because support orders will reflect the noncustodial parent's ability to pay support, and more noncustodial parents will support their children.