HB 22-1360

House Bill 22-1360, which has been signed into law in Colorado, changes how the state handles federal child support incentive payments. Instead of passing all these funds directly to local county departments as required before, starting from fiscal year 2024, the state can keep a portion of this money to improve its automated system for enforcing child support orders. The state will also need to report on how it uses any retained funds for technology improvements by July 1, 2025. This affects both the state and local county departments involved in managing federal child support payments. Since the bill is signed, these changes are now official policy in Colorado.

Official Summary

At the end of federal fiscal year 2023, the act removes the requirement that the department of human services (state department) pass through 100% of the federal child support incentive payments received by the state to county departments of human or social services. Beginning in federal fiscal year 2024, the state board of human services, by rule, shall determine whether the state department may retain a percentage of the federal incentives the state receives for the purposes of information technology enhancements to the automated child support enforcement system and how to use the retained amount. Beginning July 1, 2025, the act requires the state department to report on each project funded by the federal incentive money the state retained to the joint technology committee of the general assembly. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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