Title 50, Public Welfare

1. The statewide automated data processing system established under section 50-09-02.1 must include a registry that contains records with respect to: a. Each child support case in which services are being provided by the state agency under title IV-D; and b. Each child support or…

The statewide automated data processing system established under section 50-09-02.1 must, in accordance with requirements of title IV-D, and regulations, formats, and operating requirements of the secretary adopted thereunder: 1. Effective October 1, 1998, provide comparisons res…

1. The state agency may submit state plans in forms that meet the requirements for such plans which are, or may be, imposed under title IV-B or title IV-E. The state agency may take actions reasonably necessary to conform the administration of programs under its supervision and d…

The state case registry maintained under section 50-09-02.4 must include a registry of any obligor who owes past-due support in an amount greater than two times the obligor's current or most recent monthly support obligation as defined in section 14-09-09.10 or two thousand dolla…

In the administration of assistance under this chapter, a human service zone shall, unless otherwise directed or determined by the state agency: 1. Administer the temporary assistance for needy families program in its human service zone, subject to the rules of the state agency. …

The county, human service zone, and state agencies shall preserve and protect the religious faith of children coming under their jurisdiction.

Application for assistance under this chapter must be made to the human service zone or state agency in the manner and form prescribed by the state agency. The application must contain such information as the state agency may require, and the action of the state agency in approvi…

An application under this chapter is deemed to create and effect an assignment of all rights to support, which a family member or foster child may have or come to have, to the state agency. The assignment: 1. Is effective as to all current support obligations and periods of eligi…

The state agency may compromise claims arising out of assignments made under sections 50-09-06 and 50-09-06.1, on such terms as it may deem just and appropriate. The state agency may not be compelled to compromise any claim.

If a human service zone or state agency receives an application for assistance, or assistance has been granted, under this chapter, the human service zone, unless otherwise directed or determined by the state agency, promptly shall make an investigation and record of the circumst…

1. In the investigation of applications under the provisions of this chapter, the human service zone, the state agency, and the officials and employees of such agencies charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter may: a. Conduct examinations; b. Require the at…

1. In implementing programs under title IV-D, the state agency, and the officials, employees, and agents of the agency may: a. Conduct examinations; b. Require by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, and papers; c. Compensate witnesses and in…

1. In acting as the official agency of the state in administering the child support program under title IV-D, the state agency, directly or through agents and human service zones: a. Shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used in intrast…

1. In acting as the official agency of the state in administering the child support program under title IV-D, the state agency, directly or through agents and human service zones, subject to subsection 2, may report periodically to consumer reporting agencies the name of any obli…

In acting as the official agency of the state in administering the child support program under title IV-D, in cases in which there is past-due child support, the state agency may secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation and the past-due amount by issuing writs of e…

1. As used in this section: a. "License" means: (1) Any certificate, permit, or license issued by an agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state which the obligor is required to obtain prior to engaging in the obligor's occupation or profession; (2) Any certificat…

1. Upon completion of the investigation of an applicant for assistance under this chapter, the human service zone or state agency shall determine, in accordance with the rules of the state agency: a. If the applicant may be provided assistance under the provisions of this chapter…

1. An applicant for or recipient of temporary assistance for needy families under this chapter, aggrieved because of a human service zone's or state agency's decision or delay in making a decision, may appeal to the state agency in the manner prescribed by the state agency and mu…

The child support improvement account is established as a special account in the state treasury. Five percent of the total amount of child support incentive payments paid to the state by the office of child support enforcement of the United States department of health and human s…

All assistance awarded under this chapter must be deemed to be awarded and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act which may be passed, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, because that recipient's assistance has been…

The state agency may adopt rules reasonable or necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.

1. The state shall bear the cost, in excess of the amount provided by the federal government, of: a. Services provided under this chapter as child care assistance; b. Services provided under this chapter as employment and training programs; c. Temporary assistance for needy famil…

Whenever the term "aid to families with dependent children", or any derivative of that term, appears in this code or the North Dakota Administrative Code, used in a context that refers to a period following the effective date of a state plan submitted under section 402 of the Soc…

1. Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4, the state agency, in its administration of the temporary assistance for needy families program, shall: a. Provide assistance to otherwise eligible pregnant women; b. Except as provided in subdivision c, afford eligible households …

The recorder and secretary of state may not charge or collect any fee otherwise prescribed by law from a state or human service zone engaged in the establishment of paternity or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of child support orders.

1. The state agency shall: a. Inform all temporary assistance for needy families applicants and recipients of the options available under the domestic violence option; b. Screen all applicants to determine who are past or present victims of domestic violence or at risk of further…

All federal funds and other income generated by the state agency under a cooperative agreement with an Indian tribe for child support enforcement services are appropriated on a continuing basis for the sole purpose of hiring additional staff and payment of other expenses as neces…

1. The state agency, directly or through agents, may issue an order requiring an income payer to deduct the amount identified in the order from the portion of any lump sum payment to an obligor that has been withheld under section 14-09-09.34. 2. The state agency, directly or thr…

Except as authorized by the obligor, the state agency shall hold any funds collected under section 28-21-05.2, 50-09-35, or 50-09-40 and may not disburse the funds as a collection of child support until the time has expired for requesting a review by a court under section 50-09-1…

An insurer as defined in section 26.1-36.5-01 shall exchange health insurance information with the state agency for the purpose of establishing or enforcing a medical support obligation. An insurer shall provide the health insurance information required in this section to the sta…

The state agency shall establish a program of transition assistance to pay a portion of the cost of child care for families that lose eligibility, and remain ineligible, for benefits under section 50-09-29 due to earnings from employment. This program must: 1. Provide benefits fo…

The state agency may employ attorneys to carry out its duties in administering the child support enforcement and medical support enforcement programs. Any attorney who represents the state agency under this chapter must be a special assistant attorney general appointed by the att…

Before a gaming operator makes a payment of winnings for which the gaming operator is required to file an internal revenue service form W-2G or substantially equivalent form, the gaming operator shall obtain the name, address, and social security number of the winner and submit t…