California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 13 - Department of Child Support Services
Chapter 1 - Program Administration
Subchapter 1 - Operations
Article 3 - Plans of Cooperation
Section 111110 - Components of State/County Plan of Cooperation

Universal Citation: 22 CA Code of Regs 111110

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) The Department shall annually develop and enter into a State/County Plan of Cooperation with each local child support agency.

(b) The State/County Plan of Cooperation shall set forth the local child support agency's responsibilities for administering Title IV-D services and carrying out the state plan, including, but not limited to, locating custodial and non-custodial parents, establishment of paternity, the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support and medical support orders, enforcement of spousal support orders, collection and distribution of child support, and the preparation of reports and maintenance of records

(c) The State/County Plan of Cooperation shall, at a minimum, include all of the following:

(1) A clear description of the specific duties, functions and responsibilities of each party.

(2) Clear and definite standards of performance the local child support agency must meet.

(3) A specific statement that the parties will comply with Title IV-D, implementing federal regulations and any other applicable state and federal laws, regulations and requirements.

(4) The financial arrangements between the parties.

(5) A description of records that shall be maintained and the methods that will be employed to safeguard these records as required by Article 5 of Subchapter 1 of this chapter relating to records management.

(6) A statement of the specific dates on which the State/County Plan of Cooperation begins and ends.

(7) A statement describing any conditions for revision or renewal, and the circumstances under which the State/County Plan of Cooperation may be terminated.

(d) The State/County Plan of Cooperation shall also include the Annual Automation Cooperation Agreement between the Department and the local child support agency specifying the responsibilities, activities, milestones and consequences in regard to automation, as specified in Section 10081 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(e) The Department may also include in the State/County Plan of Cooperation special contract provisions detailing the responsibility of the local child support agency for carrying out new initiatives or programs defined by the Department or necessary to address the need for program improvement by a local child support agency.

1. New article 3 (sections 111110-111230) and section filed 5-2-2002 as an emergency; operative 5-2-2002 (Register 2002, No. 18). Pursuant to Family Code section 17306(e)(2), these emergency regulations remain in effect for 180 days. A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-29-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-2-2002 order, including amendment of subsections (c)(1), (d) and (e), transmitted to OAL 10-16-2002 and filed 12-2-2002 (Register 2002, No. 49).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 17306, 17310 and 17312, Family Code. Reference: Section 17304, Family Code; Section 10081, Welfare and Institutions Code; and 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 303.107.

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