Iowa Code 217.34 – Debt setoff
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 217.34
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 217.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
The investigations division of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing and the department shall provide assistance to set off against a person‘s or provider’s income tax refund or rebate any debt which has accrued through written contract, nonpayment of premiums pursuant to section 249A.3, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), subrogation, departmental recoupment procedures, or court judgment and which is in the form of a liquidated sum due and owing the department. The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, with approval of the department, shall adopt rules under chapter 17A necessary to assist the department of revenue in the implementation of the setoff under section 421.65 in regard to money owed to the state for public assistance overpayments or nonpayment of premiums as specified in this section. The department shall adopt rules under chapter 17A necessary to assist the department of revenue in the implementation of the setoff under section 421.65, in regard to collections by child support services and foster care services.