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Bill Detail: SB24-202

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Title Assignment of Child Support Foster Youth
Status Governor Signed (05/22/2024)
Bill Subjects
  • Children & Domestic Matters
House Sponsors E. Epps (D)
J. Joseph (D)
Senate Sponsors R. Fields (D)
House Committee Health and Human Services
Senate Committee Health and Human Services
Date Introduced 04/08/2024
Summary

Current Colorado law requires that a decree providing for
placement of a child with a public agency be accompanied by a court
order that obligates the child's parent to pay a fee, based on the parent's
ability to pay. The fee covers the costs of a guardian ad litem and of
providing for residential care of the child. The bill removes the
requirement for a court order obligating a child's parent to pay the fee for
residential child care and guardian ad litem costs. Instead, the bill
authorizes a delegate child support enforcement unit to impose a fee only
when a county child welfare unit determines a referral is appropriate in
accordance with rules promulgated by the state board of human services
(state board). The bill removes the requirements that this fee be based on
a parent's ability to pay and that the fee cover the cost of a guardian ad
litem.
Current Colorado law assigns child support by operation of law to
the state department of human services to reimburse county, state, and
federal out-of-home placement costs when a child is placed in foster care.
The bill limits assignments to current, rather than previously accrued,
child support obligations. The bill grants a delegate child support
enforcement unit discretion to enforce a child support obligation when a
county child welfare unit determines a referral is appropriate in
accordance with rules promulgated by the state board.

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