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TITLE 1	ADMINISTRATION
PART 3	OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
CHAPTER 55	CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I	STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES
RULE §55.301	Scope
ISSUE	12/14/2007
ACTION	Proposed

Preamble

Texas Admin Code Rule

Section 453A of the Social Security Act, (42 U.S.C. §653A), [~~found at 42 U.S.C. §653A~~], as amended by Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), requires each state to establish and maintain a State Directory of New Hires to provide a means for employers to assist in the state's efforts both to prevent fraud in the welfare, workers' compensation,and unemployment insurance programs, and to locate and/or collect from absent parents who owe child support by reporting information concerning newly hired and rehired employees directly to a centralized state database. This subchapter establishes within the Office of the Attorney General (Title IV-D agency) a centralized employee registry called the State Directory of New Hires and establishes procedures for employers to report employee information to the State Directory of New Hires under Chapter 234, Subchapter B [~~state directory of new hires pursuant to chapter 234, subchapter B~~] of the Texas Family Code.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 27, 2007

TRD-200705909

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Earliest possible date of adoption: January 13, 2008

For information regarding this publication, you may contact Lauri Saathoff, Agency Liaison, at (512) 463-2096.

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