House Sponsors: LYONS,EILEEN-HAMOS-BELLOCK-MCCARTHY-BLACK, COWLISHAW, SOTO, YARBROUGH, CROTTY, LANG, WIRSING, MATHIAS AND HULTGREN. Senate Sponsors: RADOGNO-GEO-KARIS Short description: CHILD SUPPORT-TECH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Non-Support Punishment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prosecutions by the Attorney General. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes reference to: 750 ILCS 16/7 Adds reference to: New Act Deletes everything. Creates the Unified Child Support Services Act. Provides that effective July 1, 2004, the Department of Public Aid shall delegate to the State's Attorney in each county with 900,000 or more inhabitants the responsibility for managing a Unified Child Support Services Program to provide services with respect to parentage establishment, support establishment, medical support establishment, support modification, and support enforcement. Requires the State's Attorney of each such county to submit a plan for such a program by July 1, 2003 and each July 1 thereafter. Authorizes State's Attorneys in other counties to request approval for such a program, and authorizes the Department of Public Aid to contract for the management of child support services in counties in which the State's Attorney is not operating such a program. Sets forth the requirements for such a program. Requires an annual report by the Department of Public Aid to the General Assembly. FISCAL NOTE, S-AM 1 (Department of Public Aid) While the bill is permissive, DPA estimates that implementation in Cook and DuPage counties would result in one-time startup costs of approximately $5,000,000 ($1.67 million net State impact) and annual costs of approximately $3,500,000 ($1.2 million net State impact). The impact for the first year would include both figures. This analysis assumes that staff to client ration do not change and that SAO personnel costs are 25% greater than DPA's current costs. The Department cannot determine which counties might participate, however, the bill may limit approval to three plans in any year. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Replaces the provisions concerning submission of a plan for a unified child support services program, eliminating the distinction between counties with a population of 900,000 or more and those with a population of less than 900,000. Provides that by July 1 of 2003 and by July 1 of any subsequent year, a State's Attorney may submit to the Department of Public Aid a plan for a unified child support services program. Provides that a State's Attorney must commit to manage a unified child support services program for at least 3 years. Authorizes the Department to impose a restriction that no more than 3 State's Attorneys may begin operating a unified child support services program in a given year. Provides that in a county in which a unified child support services program is operating, the circuit clerk may submit to the Department a plan for filing administrative orders concerning parentage or child support. Requires that the Department must consult with a designated representative of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association in establishing performance standards. Provides that in all counties (instead of only those counties where the State's Attorney is operating a unified child support services program), the Department must fulfill certain responsibilities. Makes other changes. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Requires a State's Attorney's plan for a unified child support services program to be approved by the appropriate county board before submission to the Department of Public Aid. Deletes a provision re- quiring county board approval of an intergovernmental agreement be- tween a State's Attorney and the Department of Public Aid. Requires that a unified child support services program's administrative process for establishing parentage and child support be "separate" as well as impartial and independent. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status