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2024 Policy Updates

Policy Updates for Legislative Year 2024 Per Amended OAC Rules and Instructions to Staff.

Effective September 16, 2024

The need for these amended rules and Instructions to Staff (ITS) was identified during the CSS annual review of rules in OAC 340:25 and CSS review of changes in state and federal laws. Legislation was identified and developed by the Center for Operations, Office of Impact Advocacy & Legal Outreach with the CSS Director.

No Legislative changes for 2024

OAC Section Summary of Amendments
340:25-5-67 Information Disclosure (Page 8)

ITS:

• updates and hyperlink to current Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) guidance.

340:25-5-67.1 Family Violence (Page 10)

ITS:

  • Amended to direct staff to consult the CSS Family Violence Coordinator prior to releasing a home address to the court when there is a family violence indicator on a case.
  • updates and hyperlink to current Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) guidance.
340:25-5-75 Authority and Responsibility (Page 11)

ITS:

• removes an obsolete form and clarifies who to contact when submitting forms for computer access.

340:25-5-123 Case Closure System (Page 15)

ITS:

• directs staff that a case may be closed when both SoonerCare and Indian Health Services (IHS) are being provided. Replaces obsolete training reference with update and hyperlink to the current Quest guidance.

340:25-5-124 Assignment and Transfer of cases to child support offices (Page 17)

Rule:

  • adds existing language explaining transfer of administrative establishment cases from revoked 340:25-5-124.1.

ITS:

• removes obsolete training reference, adds existing language from revoked OAC 340:25-5-124.1 on transfer of administrative establishment cases; and general clean-up including hyperlink to Quest.

340:25-5-124.1 Transfer of administrative establishment cases to another district child support office (Page 22)

Rule & ITS:

• revoked per Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulator Review.

340:25-5-124.4 Multiple case processing (Page 25)

ITS:

• adds an NCP is more likely to comply with an order that is no more than 20% of their gross income and updates and hyperlinks to current Quest guidance.

340:25-5-134 Default orders (Page 27)

ITS:

  • amended to: remove an obsolete process and

• direct staff to provide the defaulting party all information necessary to appear for hearing.

340:25-5-140 Past Support (Page 28)

Rule:

  • clarifies when current monthly support is due, CSS pro rates monthly support amounts, the application of a payment plan to judgements.

 

(Page 31)

ITS:

• provides guidance to staff on setting judgment payment, references and hyperlinks to the Right Sizing Orders Guide, has general clean-up and hyperlinks to training materials.

340:25-5-168 Establishment of Medical Support (Page 34)

Rule:

  • added CSS requests a cash medical support become effective on the first day of the month following the entry of the order.

 

(Page 37)

ITS:

• directs staff how to complete the child support computation form when the obligor is a member of an active SoonerCare household and general clean-up.

340:25-5-178 Calculation of New and Modified Child Support Obligations (Page 39)

Rule:

  • updated for non-substantive clean-up (misspelled word)

 

(Page 43)

ITS:

• updates and hyperlink current Quest guidance.

340:25-5-179 Duration of Support (Page 43)

Rule & ITS:

• revoked per Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulator Review.

340:25-5-179.1 Establishment of Support for a Prior Period (Page 44)

Rule:

  • adds CSS seeks a zero dollar support amount for prior periods when NCP lived with CP and provided support, clarifies when support for a prior period is sought during for the 2 year time period provided in 56 O.S. 238.6B, and removes obsolete language on establishing support for a prior period.

 

(Page 46)

ITS:

• directs staff to not request support for a prior period when the parties are married and separated, adds CSS staff assess support for a prior period for the full month in which a child is born,  and updates and hyperlinks to current Quest guidance.

340:25-5-190 Service of Process

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(Page 48)

ITS

  • amended to;
  • Add the process when a party appears for a hearing without being served and declines to sign an acknowledgment of paternity
  • Add when CSS serves a party by mail to the address of record in subsequent actions
  • Clarify when staff use service to an AOR when establishing support or filing a motion to modify to determine paternity

Clarify service by acknowledgment on incarcerated parties

340:25-5-198 Review and Modification of Support Orders (Page 50)

ITS:

• updates and hyperlinks to current Quest guidance.

340:25-5-198.1 Review of a Support Order (Page 51)

Rule:

  • updates reference to a revoked rule.

 

(Page 54)

ITS:

• allows staff to determine no modification is needed when the parent has been employed at a job for less than 180 days, removes outdated OCSE guidance on military reservists, and updates and hyperlinks to current Quest and OCSE guidance.

340:25-5-198.2 Modification (Page 55)

Rule:

  • Amended to;
  • add a dollar threshold along with the current percentage threshold of when CSS will seek a modification;
  • clarify the list of changes in circumstances; and
  • add cash medical support orders will be effective on the first day of the month following the entry of the order
340:25-5-200 Enforcement (Page 59)

ITS:

• updates and hyperlinks to current Quest guidance.

340:25-5-203 Unemployment Compensation Intercept (Page 60)

Rule:

  • updated to become one rule on all types of CSS intercepts by adding existing language on lottery and insurance intercepts from revoked 340:25-5-203.1 & 203.2.

 

ITS:

• adds existing language from revoked 340:25-5-203.2 on reviewing liens and levies.

340:25-5-203.1 Collection from Lottery Prize Winnings (Page 61)

Rule:

• revoked per Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.

340:25-5-203.2 Insurance Intercepts

 

(Page 62)

Rule & ITS:

• revoked per Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulator Review.

340:25-5-212 Financial Institution Data Match Reporting System (Page 65)

ITS:

• removes outdated processes and training materials.

340:25-5-214 Passport Denial, Revocation, Restriction, or Limitation

 

(Page 67)

ITS:

• remove obsolete process, updates and hyperlinks to current Quest guidance; and general clean-up.

340:25-5-215 Collection of past due support from federal tax offset

 

(Page 68)

ITS:

• remove obsolete process, updates and hyperlinks to current Quest guidance; and general clean-up.

340:25-5-235. Collection of past support and overpayments from state tax refund offset (Page 69)

Rule

  • Amended to consolidate state tax intercept polices by adding existing language from revoked OAC 340:25-5-244

Added non substantive clean up

340:25-5-244. Review procedures for state tax refund offset program (Page 69)

Rule:

• revoked per Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.

340:25-5-270. Intergovernmental cases (Page 72)

ITS:

Updated to hyperlink to the most current guidance.

340:25-5-285. International cases (Page 75)

amended to update and hyperlink to the current training guidance.

340:25-5-286. Tribal case referrals and transfers (Page 76)

ITS

  • Amended to;
  • add a case may be closed when both SoonerCare and IHS are being provided;
  • update and hyperlink to the current OCSE guidance.
340:25-5-350.3. Payment of support through Centralized Support Registry (Page 81)

ITS

  • Amended to;
    • remove obsolete process on payments received in child support offices;
    • add a reference to current process training materials;
    • remove outdated training material; and
    • add hyperlinks.
340:25-5-351. Allocation and distribution of collections (Page 85)

Rule

  • Amended to add;
    • existing language on distributed payment adjustments from OAC 340:25-5-352; and
    • non-substantive clean up.

(Page 86)

ITS

  • Amended to add existing language from revoked OAC 340:25-5-352 on distributed payment adjustments.
340:25-5-352. Distributed payment adjustments (Page 87)

Rule

  • revoked per Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.