HF 584: Relating to the diversion of social security disability dependent benefits assigned to the state for a child in foster care

What it does

Under current law, a parent or guardian of a child receiving foster care services has primary responsibility for paying the costs of the foster care and services. When a child is placed in foster care, a person entitled to periodic support payments who also is or has a child receiving foster care services is deemed to have assigned to the department of human services, the current and accruing support payments attributable to the child.22 (child support —— social security disability dependent benefits), unless the court otherwise provides, dependent benefits paid to the child support obligee as a result of disability benefits awarded to the child support obligor fully satisfy and substitute for the support obligations for the same period of time for which the benefits are awarded and are included in the income of the disabled parent when calculating the support obligation.

In plain words

1. March 4, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee