May 25, 2007, Introduced by Senators PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN and GARCIA and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1971 PA 174, entitled
"Office of child support act,"
by amending section 6 (MCL 400.236), as amended by 2004 PA 548.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6. (1) The state disbursement unit is established as the
direct responsibility of the office. The SDU shall use automated
procedures, electronic processes, and computer-driven technology to
the maximum extent feasible, efficient, and economical to receive
and disburse support and fees.
(2) The SDU is the single location to which a payer or source
of income subject to this section shall send a support or fee
payment. The SDU shall disburse a support payment to the recipient
of support within 2 business days after the SDU receives the
support payment. Not less than twice each calendar month, the SDU
shall disburse fees that it receives to the appropriate county
treasurer or office of the friend of the court.
(3) If a payer or source of income attempts to make a support
or fee payment to the SDU and the payment transaction fails due to
nonsufficient funds, the SDU may take actions to collect from the
payer or source of income the support or fee payment amount, plus
an amount for the expense of those actions.
(4)
By not later than 1 year after the effective date of the
amendatory
act that added this subsection, the SDU shall disburse
support
electronically, in not fewer than 3 counties in this state,
to
either the recipient of support's account in a financial
institution
or to a special account that may be accessed by the
recipient
of support by an electronic access card. By not later
than
2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that
added
this subsection, the The SDU shall disburse support
electronically either to the recipient of support's account in a
financial institution or to a special account that may be accessed
by the recipient of support by an electronic access card. This
subsection
does not apply under if any of the following
circumstances exist:
(a)
If electronic Electronic transfer is not feasible to meet
federal requirements on the disbursement of child support payments.
(b)
If the The support payment is from a source that is
nonrecurring or that is not expected to continue in a 12-month
period.
(c) The recipient of support is a person with a mental or
physical disability that imposes a hardship in accessing an
electronically transferred payment.
(d) The recipient of support is a person with a language or
literacy barrier that imposes a hardship in accessing an
electronically transferred payment.
(e) The recipient of support's home and work addresses are
more than 30 miles from an automated teller machine and more than
30 miles from a financial institution where funds in the
recipient's account may be accessed.
(5) The SDU shall operate a secure system by which a payer in
a friend of the court case in which an order of income withholding
is not in effect may pay support over the internet with a credit or
debit card or electronically from an account. The system shall
allow a payer to access an online record of payments made using the
system.