(a) The Director of New Hires shall ensure that information received from an employer pursuant to this Article 3 will be entered into the Directory of New Hires within five (5) working days of receipt. Within three (3) working days after entry into the Directory of New Hires, the Director of New Hires shall furnish the information to the National Directory of New Hires.

(b) Data contained in the Directory of New Hires shall be disclosed only to authorized employees of the Child Support Enforcement Office, or to other State IV-D agencies as may be requested.

(c) The Child Support Enforcement Office shall use the information received to locate individuals for purposes of establishing paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations, and may disclose such information to any agent of the Child Support Enforcement Office under contract to carry out such purposes.

(d) Within two (2) working days after the date information regarding a newly hired employee is entered into the Directory of New Hires, the Department shall transfer a notice to the employer directing the employer to withhold from the income of the employee an amount equal to the monthly or other periodic child support obligation, including any payment ordered for past due support, unless the employees income is not subject to withholding pursuant to a finding of the court or administrative body that there is good cause not to require immediate income withholding, or a written agreement is reached between both parties which provides for an alternative arrangement. In any event, however, the income of a non-custodial parent shall become subject to withholding on the date the non-custodial parents support obligation is in arrears one (1) month, or on the date the non-custodial parent requests that the withholding begin, or on the date the custodial parent requests the withholding begin and the Department determines there is no reason why the request should not be approved, or on the date the Department so elects.

(e) The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall furnish quarterly to the Director of New Hires, who shall in turn furnish to the National Directory of New Hires, extracts of the reports required under Federal law to be made to the United States Secretary of Labor concerning the wages and compensation paid to individuals, by such dates, in such format, and containing such information as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services shall specify in regulation.

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(f) The Department of Labor and Workers Compensation Commission shall have access to the data received from employers pursuant to this § 34307 for purposes of administering employment security or workers compensation programs, but shall limit disclosure of such information for this authorized purpose only.

(g) The Division of Public Welfare of the Department of Public Health and Social Services, and any other agency administering a Federal program enumerated in 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-7(b) shall have access to the information reported by employers for purposes of verifying eligibility for such program, but shall limit disclosure of such information for this authorized purpose only.

SOURCE: Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 26-148:23 (Sept. 27, 2002) because federal law no longer permits destruction of data. Authorized uses of data are given.