Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB218 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb0218
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 218
8	8	D4 5lr0340
9	9	(PRE–FILED) CF SB 195
10	10	By: Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request – Departmental – Human Services)
11	11	Requested: October 12, 2024
12	12	Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
13	13	Assigned to: Judiciary
14	14
15	15	A BILL ENTITLED
16	16
17	17	AN ACT concerning 1
18	18
19	19	Family Law – Child Support 2
20	20
21	21	FOR the purpose of altering provisions relating to the commencement of a proceeding to 3
22	22	hold a person in contempt of court for the person’s default in payment of periodic 4
23	23	child or spousal support under the terms of a court order and provisions relating to 5
24	24	the commencement of a contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child 6
25	25	or spousal support under a court order; authorizing the Child Support 7
26	26	Administration to take action to secure an assignment to the State of any rights to 8
27	27	support on behalf of a child receiving foster care maintenance payments under 9
28	28	certain circumstances; expanding provisions relating to the interception of lottery 10
29	29	prizes for the payment of child support arrearages to include the interception of 11
30	30	prizes from sports wagering or a fantasy competition; altering provisions relating to 12
31	31	the suspension of a child support obligor’s license or privilege to drive for failure to 13
32	32	pay child support; altering provisions relating to the duties of health occupations 14
33	33	boards and the State Emergency Services Board to collect and maintain certain 15
34	34	information from license applicants; establishing that child support arrears 16
35	35	constitute a lien by operation of law against the net recovery of a personal injury 17
36	36	award up to the maximum lien amount and specifying related procedures; altering 18
37	37	certain provisions relating to earnings withholding; requiring an independent 19
38	38	contractor’s employer to submit certain information to the Administration under 20
39	39	certain circumstances; altering provisions relating to the modification of a child 21
40	40	support award; requiring a court to terminate a child support order that was 22
41	41	previously established or assigned for a child receiving a foster care maintenance 23
42	42	payment under certain circumstances; altering provisions relating to the 24
43	43	determination of child support under the child support guidelines; and generally 25
44	44	relating to child support. 26
45	45
46	46	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 27
47	47	Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 28 2 HOUSE BILL 218
48	48
49	49
50	50	Section 5–111 1
51	51	Annotated Code of Maryland 2
52	52	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 3
53	53
54	54	BY adding to 4
55	55	Article – Family Law 5
56	56	Section 5–525.3, 10–119.4, 10–139, and 12–104.2 6
57	57	Annotated Code of Maryland 7
58	58	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 8
59	59
60	60	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
61	61	Article – Family Law 10
62	62	Section 10–101, 10–102, 10–108(c), 10–113.1, 10–119, 10–119.3(b), 10–122, 12–104, 11
63	63	12–201(c) and (n), 12–202(a), and 12–204(a) 12
64	64	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
65	65	(2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14
66	66
67	67	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
68	68	Article – Transportation 16
69	69	Section 16–203 17
70	70	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
71	71	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19
72	72
73	73	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20
74	74	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21
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76	76	Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 22
77	77
78	78	5–111. 23
79	79
80	80	A proceeding to hold a person in contempt of court for the person’s default in payment 24
81	81	of periodic child or spousal support under the terms of a court order shall be commenced 25
82	82	within [3] 7 years of the date each installment of support ORIGINALLY became due [and 26
83	83	remained unpaid]. 27
84	84
85	85	Article – Family Law 28
86	86
87	87	5–525.3. 29
88	88
89	89	(A) ONLY IN LIMITED CIRCU MSTANCES, WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION 30
90	90	FINDS IT APPROPRIATE , MAY ACTION BE TAKEN TO S ECURE AN ASSIGNMENT TO THE 31
91	91	STATE OF ANY RIGHTS T O SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF A CHILD RECEIVING FOSTER 32
92	92	CARE MAINTENANCE PAY MENTS UNDER THIS PART III OF THIS SUBTITLE. 33
93	93
94	94	(B) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY TA KE ACTION, WHEN APPROPRIATE , TO 34
95	95	DISCONTINUE AN ASSIG NMENT OF RIGHTS TO S UPPORT AND TERMINATE EXISTING 35 HOUSE BILL 218 3
96	96
97	97
98	98	SUPPORT ORDERS FOR A CHILD RECEIVING FOST ER CARE MAINTENANCE 1
99	99	PAYMENTS. 2
100	100
101	101	(C) THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN SERVICES SHALL ADOPT RULES AND 3
102	102	REGULATIONS TO IMPLE MENT THIS SECTION . 4
103	103
104	104	10–101. 5
105	105
106	106	(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 6
107	107
108	108	(b) “Administration” means the Child Support Administration of the Department 7
109	109	of Human Services. 8
110	110
111	111	(c) “Earnings” includes: 9
112	112
113	113	(1) any form of periodic payment to an individual, including: 10
114	114
115	115	(i) an annuity; 11
116	116
117	117	(ii) a pension; 12
118	118
119	119	(iii) Social Security payments; 13
120	120
121	121	(iv) workers’ compensation payments; and 14
122	122
123	123	(v) unemployment insurance benefits; [and] 15
124	124
125	125	(2) any commissions or fees paid in connection with the [obligor’s] 16
126	126	EMPLOYEE’S employment; AND 17
127	127
128	128	(3) ANY PAYMENT RECEIVED BY AN INDEPENDENT C ONTRACTOR : 18
129	129
130	130	(I) FROM AN EMPLOYER FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE 19
131	131	INDEPENDENT CONTRACT OR IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOYER ’S TRADE OR 20
132	132	BUSINESS; AND 21
133	133
134	134	(II) THAT THE EMPLOYER RE PORTS OR EXPECTS TO REPORT ON 22
135	135	IRS FORM 1099. 23
136	136
137	137	(d) “EMPLOYEE” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EMPLOYED BY AN 24
138	138	EMPLOYER FOR A WAGE OR OTHER COMPENSATIO N IN THE TRADE OR BU SINESS OF 25
139	139	THE EMPLOYER . 26
140	140
141	141	(E) (1) “Employer” means any person who is paying earnings to an [obligor] 27
142	142	EMPLOYEE . 28 4 HOUSE BILL 218
143	143
144	144
145	145
146	146	(2) “Employer” includes: 1
147	147
148	148	(I) a governmental entity; AND 2
149	149
150	150	(II) A PERSON WHO IS PAYI NG EARNINGS TO AN IN DEPENDENT 3
151	151	CONTRACTOR FOR SERVI CES PROVIDED IN THE COURSE OF THE EMPLOY ER’S TRADE 4
152	152	OR BUSINESS THAT THE EMPLOYER REPORTS OR EXPECTS TO REPORT ON IRS 5
153	153	FORM 1099. 6
154	154
155	155	(F) “INDEPENDENT CONTRACTO R” MEANS A PERSON WHO : 7
156	156
157	157	(1) PROVIDES SERVICES TO AN EMPLOYER IN THE C OURSE OF THE 8
158	158	EMPLOYER’S TRADE OR BUSINESS ; AND 9
159	159
160	160	(2) RECEIVES EARNINGS FR OM AN EMPLOYER THAT THE EMPLOYER 10
161	161	REPORTS OR EXPECTS T O REPORT ON IRS FORM 1099. 11
162	162
163	163	[(e)] (G) “Local support enforcement office” means 1 of the following that is 12
164	164	responsible for support enforcement: 13
165	165
166	166	(1) a county agency; or 14
167	167
168	168	(2) a component of the circuit court for a county. 15
169	169
170	170	[(f)] (H) (1) “Obligee” means any person who is entitled to receive support. 16
171	171
172	172	(2) “Obligee” includes a state. 17
173	173
174	174	[(g)] (I) “Obligor” means an individual who is required to pay support under a 18
175	175	court order. 19
176	176
177	177	[(h)] (J) “Support” includes: 20
178	178
179	179	(1) child support; 21
180	180
181	181	(2) spousal support; 22
182	182
183	183	(3) support of destitute adult children; and 23
184	184
185	185	(4) support of destitute parents. 24
186	186
187	187	[(i)] (K) “Support enforcement agency” means 1 of the following that receives 25
188	188	support payments under a court order: 26
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190	190
191	191
192	192	(1) the Administration; or 1
193	193
194	194	(2) a local support enforcement office. 2
195	195
196	196	10–102. 3
197	197
198	198	A contempt proceeding for failure to make a payment of child or spousal support 4
199	199	under a court order shall be [brought] COMMENCED within [3] 7 years of the date that 5
200	200	[the payment] EACH INSTALLMENT of support ORIGINALLY became due. 6
201	201
202	202	10–108. 7
203	203
204	204	(c) (1) In this subsection, “notice of arrearage” means a written notice provided 8
205	205	by the Administration: 9
206	206
207	207	(i) to an obligor who is in arrears in making child support payments; 10
208	208	and 11
209	209
210	210	(ii) relating to the arrearage. 12
211	211
212	212	(2) If the Administration sends a notice of arrearage within the first 120 13
213	213	days that the obligor is in arrears in making child support payments, the Administration 14
214	214	shall include notice that continued arrearage may result in: 15
215	215
216	216	(I) revocation or denial of a license under § 10–119.3 of this subtitle; 16
217	217	AND 17
218	218
219	219	(II) A LIEN BEING PLACED AGAINST A PERSONAL I NJURY AWARD 18
220	220	UNDER § 10–119.4 OF THIS SUBTITLE . 19
221	221
222	222	10–113.1. 20
223	223
224	224	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 21
225	225
226	226	(2) “Agency” means the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency. 22
227	227
228	228	(3) “FANTASY COMPETITION ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 23
229	229	9–1D–01 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 24
230	230
231	231	(4) “FANTASY COMPETITION O PERATOR” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED 25
232	232	IN § 9–1D–01 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 26
233	233
234	234	(5) “SPORTS WAGERING ” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 9–1E–01 OF 27
235	235	THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 28
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238	238
239	239	(6) (I) “SPORTS WAGERING LICEN SEE” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED 1
240	240	IN § 9–1E–01 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 2
241	241
242	242	(II) “SPORTS WAGERING LICEN SEE” INCLUDES: 3
243	243
244	244	1. A MOBILE SPORTS WAGE RING LICENSEE, AS DEFINED 4
245	245	IN § 9–1E–01 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE; 5
246	246
247	247	2. AN ONLINE SPORTS WAG ERING OPERATOR , AS 6
248	248	DEFINED IN § 9–1E–01 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE; AND 7
249	249
250	250	3. A SPORTS WAGERING FA CILITY LICENSEE , AS 8
251	251	DEFINED IN § 9–1E–01 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 9
252	252
253	253	[(3)] (7) “Video lottery facility” has the meaning stated in § 9–1A–01 of 10
254	254	the State Government Article. 11
255	255
256	256	[(4)] (8) “Video lottery operation licensee” has the meaning stated in § 12
257	257	9–1A–01 of the State Government Article. 13
258	258
259	259	(b) The Administration may certify to the Agency the name of any obligor who is 14
260	260	in arrears in the amount of $150 or more if: 15
261	261
262	262	(1) the Administration has accepted an assignment of support under § 16
263	263	5–312(b)(2) of the Human Services Article; or 17
264	264
265	265	(2) the recipient of support payments has filed an application for support 18
266	266	enforcement services with the Administration. 19
267	267
268	268	(c) The certification shall contain: 20
269	269
270	270	(1) the full name of the obligor, and any other names known to be used by 21
271	271	the obligor; 22
272	272
273	273	(2) the Social Security number of the obligor; and 23
274	274
275	275	(3) the amount of the arrearage. 24
276	276
277	277	(d) If an obligor who has been certified as an obligor wins a lottery prize to be paid 25
278	278	by check directly by the Agency, the Agency shall send a notice to the obligor that: 26
279	279
280	280	(1) the obligor has won a prize to be paid by check directly by the [State 27
281	281	Lottery and Gaming Control] Agency; 28
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283	283
284	284
285	285	(2) the [State Lottery and Gaming Control ] Agency has received 1
286	286	certification from the [Child Support] Administration of the obligor’s child support 2
287	287	arrearage in the amount specified; 3
288	288
289	289	(3) State law requires the [State Lottery and Gaming Control] Agency to 4
290	290	withhold the prize and to pay it towards the obligor’s support arrearage; 5
291	291
292	292	(4) the obligor has 15 days to appeal to the Administration if the obligor 6
293	293	disputes the existence or the amount of the arrearage; and 7
294	294
295	295	(5) on interception of the prize, the [State Lottery and Gaming Control] 8
296	296	Agency will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the obligor’s child support 9
297	297	arrearage to the Administration. 10
298	298
299	299	(e) If an obligor who owes child support and has been certified as an obligor wins 11
300	300	a prize at a video lottery facility [requiring], FROM SPORTS WAGERING , OR IN A 12
301	301	FANTASY COMPETITION , AND THAT PRIZE REQUI RES the issuance of Internal Revenue 13
302	302	Service form W–2G or a substantially equivalent form [by a video lottery operation 14
303	303	licensee], the video lottery operation licensee, SPORTS WAGERING LICE NSEE, OR 15
304	304	FANTASY COMPETITION OPERATOR shall provide a notice to the obligor that: 16
305	305
306	306	(1) the obligor has won a prize to be paid by cash or check directly by the 17
307	307	video lottery operation licensee, SPORTS WAGERING LICE NSEE, OR FANTASY 18
308	308	COMPETITION OPERATOR ; 19
309	309
310	310	(2) the [State Lottery and Gaming Control ] Agency has received 20
311	311	certification from the [Child Support] Administration of the obligor’s child support 21
312	312	arrearage in the amount specified; 22
313	313
314	314	(3) State law requires the video lottery operation licensee, SPORTS 23
315	315	WAGERING LICENSEE , OR FANTASY COMPETITI ON OPERATOR to withhold the prize 24
316	316	and to pay it towards the obligor’s child support arrearage; 25
317	317
318	318	(4) the obligor has 15 days to appeal to the Administration if the obligor 26
319	319	disputes the existence or the amount of the child support arrearage; and 27
320	320
321	321	(5) on interception of the prize, the video lottery operation licensee, 28
322	322	SPORTS WAGERING LICE NSEE, OR FANTASY COMPETITI ON OPERATOR will transfer 29
323	323	the prize or the part of the prize that equals the obligor’s child support arrearage to the 30
324	324	Administration. 31
325	325
326	326	(f) (1) The Agency [or the], video lottery operation licensee, SPORTS 32
327	327	WAGERING LICENSEE , OR FANTASY COMPETITION OPE RATOR shall: 33
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329	329
330	330
331	331	(i) withhold and transfer all or part of the prize up to the amount of 1
332	332	the arrearage to the Administration; and 2
333	333
334	334	(ii) pay the excess to the obligor. 3
335	335
336	336	(2) The Agency [and a], video lottery operation licensee, SPORTS 4
337	337	WAGERING LICENSEE , AND FANTASY COMPETIT ION OPERATOR shall honor 5
338	338	interception requests in the following order: 6
339	339
340	340	(i) an interception request under this section; 7
341	341
342	342	(ii) an interception request under § 11–618 of the Criminal 8
343	343	Procedure Article; and 9
344	344
345	345	(iii) an interception request under § 3–307 of the State Finance and 10
346	346	Procurement Article. 11
347	347
348	348	(g) (1) On receipt of a notice from the Agency [or], video lottery operation 12
349	349	licensee, SPORTS WAGERING LICE NSEE, OR FANTASY COMPETITI ON OPERATOR , an 13
350	350	obligor who disputes the existence or amount of the arrearage may appeal the transfer. 14
351	351
352	352	(2) If no appeal is filed within 15 days, the Administration may retain the 15
353	353	withheld prize. 16
354	354
355	355	(3) If the obligor appeals the transfer, after a hearing by the 17
356	356	Administration, the withheld prize shall be: 18
357	357
358	358	(i) paid to the obligor; 19
359	359
360	360	(ii) retained by the Administration; or 20
361	361
362	362	(iii) partly paid to the obligor and partly retained by the 21
363	363	Administration, in the amounts specified. 22
364	364
365	365	(h) The Secretary of Human Services and the Director of the Agency may jointly 23
366	366	adopt regulations to implement this section. 24
367	367
368	368	(i) A video lottery operation licensee, SPORTS WAGERING LICE NSEE, OR 25
369	369	FANTASY COMPETITION OPERATOR may not be held liable for an act or omission taken 26
370	370	in good faith to comply substantially with the requirements of this section. 27
371	371
372	372	10–119. 28
373	373
374	374	(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 29
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376	376
377	377
378	378	(2) “License” has the meaning stated in § 11–128 of the Transportation 1
379	379	Article. 2
380	380
381	381	(3) “Motor Vehicle Adm inistration” means the Motor Vehicle 3
382	382	Administration of the Department of Transportation. 4
383	383
384	384	(b) (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the 5
385	385	Administration may notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an obligor with a 6
386	386	noncommercial license who is 60 days or more out of compliance, or an obligor with a 7
387	387	commercial license who is 120 days or more out of compliance, with the most recent order 8
388	388	of the court in making child support payments if: 9
389	389
390	390	(i) the Administration has accepted an assignment of support under 10
391	391	§ 5–312(b)(2) of the Human Services Article; or 11
392	392
393	393	(ii) the recipient of support payments has filed an application for 12
394	394	support enforcement services with the Administration. 13
395	395
396	396	(2) Upon notification by the Administration under this subsection, the 14
397	397	Motor Vehicle Administration: 15
398	398
399	399	(i) shall suspend the obligor’s license or privilege to drive in the 16
400	400	State; and 17
401	401
402	402	(ii) may issue a work–restricted license or work–restricted privilege 18
403	403	to drive in the State in accordance with § 16–203 of the Transportation Article. 19
404	404
405	405	(c) (1) Before supplying any information to the Motor Vehicle Administration 20
406	406	under this section, the Administration shall: 21
407	407
408	408	(i) send written notice of the proposed action to the obligor, 22
409	409	including notice of the obligor’s right to request an investigation on any of the following 23
410	410	grounds: 24
411	411
412	412	1. the information regarding the reported arrearage is 25
413	413	inaccurate; 26
414	414
415	415	2. THE OBLIGOR’S INCOME IS NOT GREA TER THAN 250% 27
416	416	OF THE 2024 FEDERAL POVERTY GUID ELINES FOR AN INDIVI DUAL ($37,650 PER 28
417	417	YEAR), UNLESS THE OBLIGOR W AS JUDICIALLY DETERM INED TO BE VOLUNTARI LY 29
418	418	IMPOVERISHED UNDER § 12–204 OF THIS ARTICLE AT T HE TIME THE MOST REC ENT 30
419	419	CHILD SUPPORT ORDER WAS ENTERED ; 31
420	420
421	421	3. suspension of the obligor’s license or privilege to drive 32
422	422	would be an impediment to the obligor’s current or potential employment; or 33
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424	424
425	425
426	426	[3.] 4. suspension of the obligor’s license or privilege to drive 1
427	427	would place an undue hardship on the obligor because of the obligor’s: 2
428	428
429	429	A. documented disability resulting in a verified inability to 3
430	430	work; or 4
431	431
432	432	B. inability to comply with the court order; and 5
433	433
434	434	(ii) give the obligor a reasonable opportunity to request an 6
435	435	investigation of the proposed action of the Administration. 7
436	436
437	437	(2) (i) Upon receipt of a request for investigation from the obligor, the 8
438	438	Administration shall conduct an investigation to determine if any of the grounds under 9
439	439	paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection exist. 10
440	440
441	441	(ii) The Administration shall: 11
442	442
443	443	1. send a copy of the obligor’s request for an investigation to 12
444	444	the obligee by first–class mail; 13
445	445
446	446	2. give the obligee a reasonable opportunity to respond; and 14
447	447
448	448	3. consider the obligee’s response. 15
449	449
450	450	(iii) Upon completion of the investigation, the Administration shall 16
451	451	notify the obligor of the results of the investigation and the obligor’s right to appeal to the 17
452	452	Office of Administrative Hearings. 18
453	453
454	454	(3) (i) An appeal under this section shall be conducted in accordance 19
455	455	with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article. 20
456	456
457	457	(ii) An appeal shall be made in writing and shall be received by the 21
458	458	Office of Administrative Hearings within 20 days after the notice to the obligor of the 22
459	459	results of the investigation. 23
460	460
461	461	(4) If, after the investigation or appeal to the Office of Administrative 24
462	462	Hearings, the Administration finds that one of the grounds under paragraph (1)(i) of this 25
463	463	subsection exists, the Administration may not send any information about the obligor to 26
464	464	the Motor Vehicle Administration. 27
465	465
466	466	(5) The Administration may not send any information about an obligor to 28
467	467	the Motor Vehicle Administration if: 29
468	468
469	469	(i) the Administration reaches an agreement with the obligor 30
470	470	regarding a scheduled payment of the obligor’s child support arrearage or a court issues an 31
471	471	order for a scheduled payment of the child support arrearage; and 32
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473	473
474	474
475	475	(ii) the obligor is complying with the agreement or court order. 1
476	476
477	477	(d) (1) If, after information about an obligor is supplied to the Motor Vehicle 2
478	478	Administration, the obligor’s arrearage is paid in full, the obligor has demonstrated good 3
479	479	faith by paying the ordered amount of support for 6 consecutive months, the obligor is a 4
480	480	participant in full compliance in an employment program approved by the Administration, 5
481	481	or the Administration finds that one of the grounds under subsection (c)(1)(i) of this section 6
482	482	exists, the Administration shall notify the Motor Vehicle Administration to reinstate the 7
483	483	obligor’s license or privilege to drive. 8
484	484
485	485	(2) The Administration may request that the Motor Vehicle 9
486	486	Administration expunge a record of a suspension of a license or privilege to drive for failure 10
487	487	to pay child support: 11
488	488
489	489	(i) for an obligor who is enrolled in and compliant with an 12
490	490	employment program approved by the Administration; or 13
491	491
492	492	(ii) if the information reported by the Administration that led to the 14
493	493	suspension was inaccurate. 15
494	494
495	495	(e) The Secretary of Human Services, in cooperation with the Secretary of 16
496	496	Transportation and the Office of Administrative Hearings, shall adopt regulations to 17
497	497	implement this section. 18
498	498
499	499	10–119.3. 19
500	500
501	501	(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a 20
502	502	licensing authority shall: 21
503	503
504	504	(i) require each applicant for a license to disclose the Social Security 22
505	505	number of the applicant; and 23
506	506
507	507	(ii) record the applicant’s Social Security number on the application. 24
508	508
509	509	(2) The Department of Natural Resources shall: 25
510	510
511	511	(i) require an applicant for a recreational hunting or fishing license 26
512	512	to disclose only the last four digits of the Social Security number of the applicant instead of 27
513	513	the full Social Security number; and 28
514	514
515	515	(ii) record the applicant’s partial Social Security number on the 29
516	516	application. 30
517	517
518	518	(3) Each health occupations board and the State Emergency Services 31
519	519	Board shall: 32
520	520
521	521	(i) require each applicant for a license to: 33 12 HOUSE BILL 218
522	522
523	523
524	524
525	525	1. disclose the APPLICANT’S Social Security number [or], IF 1
526	526	THE APPLICANT HAS ON E; 2
527	527
528	528	2. IF THE APPLICANT DOE S NOT HAVE A SOCIAL 3
529	529	SECURITY NUMBER , DISCLOSE THE Individual Taxpayer Identification Number of the 4
530	530	applicant; or 5
531	531
532	532	[2.] 3. [provide alternative documentation as permitted by the 6
533	533	Department of Health and Human Services under Section 466(a)(13) of the Social Security 7
534	534	Act] IF THE APPLICANT DOE S NOT HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR AN 8
535	535	INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, PROVIDE A SWORN STAT EMENT, 9
536	536	SIGNED UNDE R THE PENALTY OF PER JURY, THAT THE APPLICANT D OES NOT HAVE 10
537	537	A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION 11
538	538	NUMBER, ALONG WITH THE LICEN SE APPLICATION ; and 12
539	539
540	540	(ii) [record] MAINTAIN the applicant’s Social Security number, 13
541	541	Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or [alternative documentation] AFFIDAVIT 14
542	542	provided under item (i) of this paragraph in the application file. 15
543	543
544	544	10–119.4. 16
545	545
546	546	(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17
547	547	INDICATED. 18
548	548
549	549	(2) “AWARD RECIPIENT ” MEANS A PERSO N WHO RECEIVES OR IS TO 19
550	550	RECEIVE A PERSONAL I NJURY AWARD . 20
551	551
552	552	(3) “INTERCEPT DATE ” MEANS THE DATE THAT THE AWARD 21
553	553	RECIPIENT IS NOTIFIE D THAT MONEY IS BEIN G WITHHELD FOR SUPPO RT ARREARS 22
554	554	FROM A PERSONAL INJU RY AWARD. 23
555	555
556	556	(4) “MAXIMUM LIEN AMOUNT ” REFERS TO THE M AXIMUM AMOUNT OF 24
557	557	A NET RECOVERY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO EXECUT ION FOR SUPPORT ARRE ARS IN 25
558	558	ACCORDANCE WITH § 11–504(I)(2) OF THE COURTS ARTICLE. 26
559	559
560	560	(5) “NET RECOVERY” MEANS THE SUM OF MON EY TO BE DISTRIBUTED 27
561	561	TO AN AWARD RECIPIEN T AFTER DEDUCTION OF ATTORNEY’S FEES AND EXPENSES , 28
562	562	MEDICAL BILLS , AND THE SATISFACTION OF ANY LIENS OR SUBR OGATION CLAIMS 29
563	563	ARISING OUT OF THE S ICKNESS, ACCIDENT, INJURY, OR DEATH THAT RESULT ED IN 30
564	564	THE PERSONAL INJURY AWARD, INCLUDING THOSE ARIS ING UNDER: 31
565	565
566	566	(I) THE MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER ACT, 42 U.S.C. § 32
567	567	1395Y; 33 HOUSE BILL 218 13
568	568
569	569
570	570
571	571	(II) A PROGRAM OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 1
572	572	FOR WHICH A RIGHT OF SUBROGATION EXISTS U NDER §§ 15–120 AND 15–121.1 OF 2
573	573	THE HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE; 3
574	574
575	575	(III) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL 4
576	576	EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974; OR 5
577	577
578	578	(IV) A HEALTH INSURANCE C ONTRACT. 6
579	579
580	580	(6) “PAYING AGENT” MEANS THE PERSON OR ENTITY RESPONSIBLE 7
581	581	FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PERSONAL INJURY AWARD AND INCLUDES : 8
582	582
583	583	(I) THE AWARD RECIPIENT ’S ATTORNEY , IF AN ATTORNEY 9
584	584	REPRESENTED THE AWAR D RECIPIENT FOR THE SICKNESS, ACCIDENT, INJURY, OR 10
585	585	DEATH THAT RESULTED IN THE PERSONAL INJU RY AWARD; OR 11
586	586
587	587	(II) IF THE AWARD RECIPIE NT WAS NOT REPRESENT ED BY AN 12
588	588	ATTORNEY, THE EMPLOYER , PROPERTY AND CASUALT Y INSURER , OR 13
589	589	SELF–INSURER WH O IS TO PAY THE PERS ONAL INJURY AWARD TO THE AWARD 14
590	590	RECIPIENT. 15
591	591
592	592	(7) “PERSONAL INJURY AWARD ” MEANS A LUMP SUM PAY ABLE TO AN 16
593	593	AWARD RECIPIENT FOR SICKNESS, ACCIDENT, INJURY, OR DEATH OF ANY PERS ON, 17
594	594	INCLUDING COMPENSATI ON FOR LOSS OF FUTUR E EARNINGS, AND INCLUDES 18
595	595	MONEY PAID ON ACCOUN T OF ANY CLAIM , SUIT, JUDGMENT, ARBITRATION, 19
596	596	SETTLEMENT , COMPROMISE , INSURANCE, ANNUITY, BENEFIT, COMPENSATION , OR 20
597	597	RELIEF. 21
598	598
599	599	(B) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A PERSONAL INJURY AWARD DUE TO 22
600	600	AN AWARD RECIPIENT W HO IS UNDER THE AGE OF 12 YEARS. 23
601	601
602	602	(C) (1) CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS SHALL BE A LIEN BY O PERATION OF 24
603	603	LAW AGAINST THE NET RECOVERY OF A PERSON AL INJURY AWARD UP T O THE 25
604	604	MAXIMUM LIEN AMOUNT . 26
605	605
606	606	(2) THE LIEN IS PERFECTED ON: 27
607	607
608	608	(I) THE ADMINISTRATION ’S ENTRY OF THE LIEN INFORMATION 28
609	609	INTO AN AUTOMATED NE TWORK OR DATA MATCH PROCESS COMMONLY USE D IN THE 29
610	610	INSURANCE INDUSTRY ; OR 30
611	611
612	612	(II) WRITTEN NOTICE TO TH E PAYING AGENT . 31 14 HOUSE BILL 218
613	613
614	614
615	615
616	616	(D) (1) IF THE AWARD RECIPIEN T OWES CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS, ON 1
617	617	NOTICE BY THE ADMINISTRATION , THE PAYING AGENT SHA LL: 2
618	618
619	619	(I) WITHHOLD THE LESSER OF THE AMOUNT OF THE ARREARS 3
620	620	OR THE MAXIMUM LIEN AMOUNT AND PROMPTLY FORWARD THE WITHHELD AMOUNT 4
621	621	TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE APPLIED TO THE AWARD RECIPIENT’S SUPPORT 5
622	622	ARREARAGE ; 6
623	623
624	624	(II) PROMPTLY PAY ANY REM AINING PORTION OF TH E NET 7
625	625	RECOVERY NOT SUBJECT TO OTHER LIENS TO TH E AWARD RECIPIENT ; AND 8
626	626
627	627	(III) SEND A NOTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TH E AWARD 9
628	628	RECIPIENT OF: 10
629	629
630	630	1. THE AMOUNT PAID TO T HE ADMINISTRATION ; AND 11
631	631
632	632	2. THE AWARD RECIPIENT ’S RIGHT TO CHALLENGE THE 12
633	633	WITHHOLDING UNDER TH IS SECTION. 13
634	634
635	635	(2) THE AWARD RECIPIENT ’S EXERCISE OF THE RI GHT TO 14
636	636	CHALLENGE THE WITHHO LDING DOES NOT RELIE VE THE PAYING AGENT OF THE 15
637	637	DUTY TO FORWARD PAYM ENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION . 16
638	638
639	639	(3) THE PAYING AGENT MAY NOT CHARGE THE ADMINISTRATIO N A 17
640	640	FEE FOR ITS ACTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION . 18
641	641
642	642	(4) NOTHING IN THIS SECTI ON SHALL PROVIDE A B ASIS FOR A PAYING 19
643	643	AGENT TO DELAY THE P AYMENT OF THE REMAIN ING PORTION OF THE N ET 20
644	644	RECOVERY TO THE AWAR D RECIPIENT. 21
645	645
646	646	(E) (1) (I) UPON RECEIPT OF THE F UNDS FROM THE P AYING AGENT, 22
647	647	THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL APPLY THE FUNDS TO T HE OBLIGOR’S ARREARS. 23
648	648
649	649	(II) IF THE OBLIGOR HAS MO RE THAN ONE CHILD SU PPORT 24
650	650	CASE WITH ARREARS , THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ALLOCATE THE AMOUNT 25
651	651	RECEIVED AMONG ONE O R MORE OF THE OBLIGO R’S CASES AS DE TERMINED 26
652	652	APPROPRIATE BY THE ADMINISTRATION . 27
653	653
654	654	(2) IF THE ADMINISTRATION DETERM INES THAT THE AMOUNT IT 28
655	655	RECEIVED EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD RECIPIENT’S ARREARS, THE 29
656	656	ADMINISTRATION SHALL PAY THE EXCESS AMOUN T TO THE OBLIGOR . 30
657	657	HOUSE BILL 218 15
658	658
659	659
660	660	(F) (1) AN AWARD RECIPIENT MAY ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO 1
661	661	INVESTIGATE THE WITH HOLDING BY FILING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR 2
662	662	INVESTIGATION WITH T HE ADMINISTRATION SETTIN G FORTH THE REASONS FOR 3
663	663	THE CHALLENGE . 4
664	664
665	665	(2) THE REQUEST MAY BE BA SED SOLELY ON THE FO LLOWING: 5
666	666
667	667	(I) THERE IS NO ARREA RAGE; 6
668	668
669	669	(II) THE AMOUNT OF THE AR REARAGE IS INCORRECT ; OR 7
670	670
671	671	(III) THE AWARD RECIPIENT IS NOT THE INDIVIDUA L WHO OWES 8
672	672	THE ARREARS . 9
673	673
674	674	(3) (I) THE REQUEST FOR INVES TIGATION MUST BE REC EIVED BY 10
675	675	THE ADMINISTRATION WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE INTER CEPT DATE. 11
676	676
677	677	(II) IF A TIMELY REQUEST F OR INVESTIGATION IS NOT 12
678	678	RECEIVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION , THE ADMINISTRATION MAY RE TAIN THE 13
679	679	INTERCEPTED FUNDS FO R APPLICATION TO THE AWARD RECIPIENT ’S ARREARS. 14
680	680
681	681	(4) AN AWARD RECIPIENT MA Y WITHDRAW A REQUEST FOR 15
682	682	INVESTIGATION B Y SUBMITTING A NOTIC E OF THE WITHDRAWAL TO THE 16
683	683	ADMINISTRATION . 17
684	684
685	685	(G) (1) ON RECEIPT OF A REQUE ST FOR INVESTIGATION FROM THE 18
686	686	AWARD RECIPIENT , THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGA TION. 19
687	687
688	688	(2) (I) IF, AFTER THE INVESTIGAT ION, THE ADMINISTRATION 20
689	689	FINDS THAT THERE IS NO ARR EARAGE, OR THAT THE AWARD RE CIPIENT IS NOT THE 21
690	690	INDIVIDUAL WHO OWES THE ARREARS , THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL REFUND THE 22
691	691	FULL AMOUNT OF THE F UNDS RECEIVED FROM T HE PAYING AGENT TO T HE AWARD 23
692	692	RECIPIENT. 24
693	693
694	694	(II) IF, AFTER THE INVESTIGAT ION, THE ADMINISTRATION 25
695	695	FINDS THAT THERE IS AN ARREARAGE , BUT IT IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT RECEIVED 26
696	696	FROM THE PAYING AGEN T, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL CORRECT ITS RECORDS 27
697	697	AND RELEASE THE EXCE SS AMOUNT TO THE AWA RD RECIPIENT. 28
698	698
699	699	(III) IF, AFTER THE INVESTIGAT ION, THE ADMINISTRATION 29
700	700	FINDS THAT THE AWARD RECIPIENT OWES ARREA RS IN AN AMOUNT EQUA L TO OR 30
701	701	GREATER THAN THE AMO UNT RECEIVED FROM TH E PAYING AGENT , THE 31 16 HOUSE BILL 218
702	702
703	703
704	704	ADMINISTRATION SHALL RETAIN THE INTERCEPT ED FUNDS FOR APPLICA TION TO 1
705	705	THE AWARD RECIPIENT ’S ARREARS. 2
706	706
707	707	(3) (I) ON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION , THE 3
708	708	ADMINISTRATION SHALL SEND THE AWARD RECIP IENT A NOTICE BY FIR ST–CLASS 4
709	709	MAIL OF THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION . 5
710	710
711	711	(II) THE NOTICE SHALL INFO RM THE AWARD RECIPIE NT OF THE 6
712	712	RIGHT TO APPEAL THE ADMINISTRATION ’S DECISION TO THE OFFICE OF 7
713	713	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE. 8
714	714
715	715	(H) (1) IF AN AWARD RECIPIENT WHO TIMELY REQUESTED AN 9
716	716	INVESTIGATION DISAGR EES WITH THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION , THE 10
717	717	AWARD RECIPIENT MAY APPEAL TO THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. 11
718	718
719	719	(2) AN APPEAL TO THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS MAY 12
720	720	BE BASED SOLELY ON T HE FOLLOWING : 13
721	721
722	722	(I) THERE IS NO ARREARAG E; 14
723	723
724	724	(II) THE AMOUNT OF THE AR REARAGE IS INCORRECT ; OR 15
725	725
726	726	(III) THE AWARD RECIPIENT IS NOT THE INDIVIDUA L WHO OWES 16
727	727	THE ARREARS . 17
728	728
729	729	(3) AN APPEAL TO THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS 18
730	730	AUTHORIZED UNDER THI S SECTION SHALL BE C ONDUCTED IN ACCORDAN CE WITH 19
731	731	TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 2 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 20
732	732
733	733	(4) AN AWARD RECIPIENT MA Y WITHDRAW AN APPEAL REQUEST BY 21
734	734	SUBMITTING A NOTICE OF THE WITHDRAWAL TO THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE 22
735	735	HEARINGS BEFORE THE H EARING DATE. 23
736	736
737	737	(5) (I) AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AN APPEAL, IF THE OFFICE OF 24
738	738	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FINDS THAT T HERE IS NO ARREARAGE , OR THAT THE 25
739	739	AWARD RE CIPIENT IS NOT THE I NDIVIDUAL WHO OWES T HE ARREARS , THE 26
740	740	ADMINISTRATION SHALL REFUND THE FULL AMOU NT OF THE FUNDS RECE IVED 27
741	741	FROM THE PAYING AGEN T TO THE AWARD RECIP IENT. 28
742	742
743	743	(II) AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AN APPEAL, IF THE OFFICE OF 29
744	744	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FINDS THAT THERE IS AN ARREARAGE BUT IT IS LESS 30
745	745	THAN THE AMOUNT RECE IVED FROM THE PAYING AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATION 31 HOUSE BILL 218 17
746	746
747	747
748	748	SHALL CORRECT ITS RE CORDS AND RELEASE TH E EXCESS AMOUNT TO T HE AWARD 1
749	749	RECIPIENT. 2
750	750
751	751	(III) AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AN APPEAL, IF THE OFFICE OF 3
752	752	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FINDS THAT T HE AWARD RECIPIENT O WES ARREARS IN 4
753	753	AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO O R GREATER THAN THE A MOUNT RECEIVED FROM THE 5
754	754	PAYING AGENT , THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL RETAIN THE INTERCEPT ED FUNDS 6
755	755	FOR APPLICATION TO T HE AWARD RECIPIENT ’S ARREARS. 7
756	756
757	757	(6) IF THE AWARD RECIPIEN T DOES NOT FILE A TI MELY APPEAL TO 8
758	758	THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, THE ADMINISTRATION MAY RE TAIN 9
759	759	THE FULL PAYMENT FRO M THE PAYING AGENT F OR APPLICATION TO TH E AWARD 10
760	760	RECIPIENT’S ARREARS. 11
761	761
762	762	(I) (1) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY UT ILIZE THE PROCEDURES 12
763	763	ESTABLISHED IN THIS SECTION EXCLUSIVELY TO COLLECT DELINQUEN T CHILD 13
764	764	SUPPORT. 14
765	765
766	766	(2) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO LIMI T OR PROHIBIT 15
767	767	THE ADMINISTRATION FROM C OLLECTING DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT IN ANY 16
768	768	OTHER MANNER AUTHORI ZED BY LAW. 17
769	769
770	770	(J) (1) A PAYING AGENT WHO , IN GOOD FAITH, MAKES A DISTRIBUTION 18
771	771	IN ACCORDANCE WITH T HIS SECTION SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM ANY CIVI L, 19
772	772	CRIMINAL, OR ADMINISTRATIVE PE NALTIES FOR MAKING A N ERRONEOUS 20
773	773	DISTRIBUTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION . 21
774	774
775	775	(2) NOTHING IN THIS SECT ION SHALL GIVE RISE TO A CLAIM OR 22
776	776	CAUSE OF ACTION AGAI NST A PAYING AGENT B Y ANY PERSON WHO CLA IMS TO BE 23
777	777	THE INTENDED OBLIGEE OF THE OUTSTANDING L IEN FOR SUPPORT . 24
778	778
779	779	(K) THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN SERVICES MAY ADOPT RE GULATIONS TO 25
780	780	CARRY OUT THIS SECTI ON. 26
781	781
782	782	10–122. 27
783	783
784	784	(a) The amount of the earnings withholding shall: 28
785	785
786	786	(1) be enough to pay the CURRENT AND ONGOING support and any 29
787	787	arrearage included in the payments required by the support order; and 30
788	788
789	789	(2) include any arrearage accrued since the support order. 31
790	790	18 HOUSE BILL 218
791	791
792	792
793	793	(b) (1) (i) When arrearages under subsection (a)(2) of this section are part 1
794	794	of an earnings withholding order or earnings withholding notice, the total arrearage 2
795	795	withheld shall be in one lump–sum payment or apportioned over a period of time. 3
796	796
797	797	(ii) The amount of the arrearage withheld under subparagraph (i) of 4
798	798	this paragraph shall be determined by the tribunal or, in a case in which the 5
799	799	Administration is providing support services, by the Administration. 6
800	800
801	801	(2) The amount of arrears under subsection (a)(2) of this section 7
802	802	apportioned to each payment shall be at least $1 but not more than 25% of the current 8
803	803	support payment. 9
804	804
805	805	(3) IF ARREARS REMAIN DUE AND OWING AFTER ALL CHILDREN WHO 10
806	806	ARE THE SUBJECT OF A SUPPORT ORDER HAVE B ECOME EMANCIPATED , EARNINGS 11
807	807	WITHHOLD ING SHALL CONTINUE A T THE RATE ESTABLISH ED BEFORE THE 12
808	808	EMANCIPATION , WITH THE FULL AMOUNT WITHHELD TO BE APPLI ED TO THE 13
809	809	EXISTING ARREARAGE U NTIL THE ARREARS ARE PAID IN FULL OR UNTI L A COURT 14
810	810	MODIFIES THE REPAYME NT AMOUNT. 15
811	811
812	812	(c) If there is more than one earnings withholding order or earnings withholding 16
813	813	notice against a single obligor, the Administration shall allocate amounts available for 17
814	814	withholding, giving priority to current support, up to the limits imposed by the federal 18
815	815	Consumer Credit Protection Act. 19
816	816
817	817	10–139. 20
818	818
819	819	(A) IN THIS SECTION, “DATE OF EMPLOYMENT ” MEANS THE DATE ON WH ICH 21
820	820	AN INDEPENDENT CONTR ACTOR COMMENCES PROV IDING SERVICES FOR A N 22
821	821	EMPLOYER. 23
822	822
823	823	(B) SUBJECT TO THE PROVIS IONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , 24
824	824	WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER AN INDEPE NDENT CONTRACTOR BEGINS EMPL OYMENT, THE 25
825	825	INDEPENDENT CONTRACT OR’S EMPLOYER SHALL SUB MIT TO THE 26
826	826	ADMINISTRATION : 27
827	827
828	828	(1) THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF TH E INDEPENDENT 28
829	829	CONTRACTOR , OR IF THE INDEPENDEN T CONTRACTOR DOES NO T HAVE A SOCIAL 29
830	830	SECURITY NUMBER , THE INDIVIDUAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE 30
831	831	INDEPENDENT CONTRACT OR; 31
832	832
833	833	(2) THE NAME OF THE INDE PENDENT CONTRACTOR ; 32
834	834
835	835	(3) THE ADDRESS OF THE I NDEPENDENT CONTRACTO R; 33
836	836
837	837	(4) THE DATE OF EMPLOYME NT; 34 HOUSE BILL 218 19
838	838
839	839
840	840
841	841	(5) THE EMPLOYER ’S NAME AND ADDRESS ; 1
842	842
843	843	(6) THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR ’S RATE OF COMPENSATI ON OR 2
844	844	EARNINGS; 3
845	845
846	846	(7) A STATEMENT INDICATI NG WHETHER THE INDEP ENDENT 4
847	847	CONTRACTOR HAS HEALT H INSURANCE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER ; AND 5
848	848
849	849	(8) THE FEDERAL EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBE R OF THE 6
850	850	EMPLOYER. 7
851	851
852	852	(C) (1) THE EMPLOYER SHA LL REPORT INFORMATIO N REQUIRED UNDER 8
853	853	SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION: 9
854	854
855	855	(I) BY MAIL; 10
856	856
857	857	(II) MAGNETICALLY OR ELEC TRONICALLY; OR 11
858	858
859	859	(III) BY OTHER MEANS AS DE TERMINED BY THE 12
860	860	ADMINISTRATION . 13
861	861
862	862	(2) IF AN EMPLOYER CHOOSE S TO TRANSMIT DATA M AGNETICALLY 14
863	863	OR ELECTRONICALLY AT A R ATE OF TWICE PER MON TH, THE REPORTS SHALL BE 15
864	864	SUBMITTED NOT LESS T HAN 12 DAYS OR MORE THAN 16 DAYS APART. 16
865	865
866	866	(D) (1) AN EMPLOYER THAT FAIL S TO REPORT AS REQUI RED SHALL BE: 17
867	867
868	868	(I) GIVEN A WRITTEN WARN ING FOR THE FIRST VI OLATION; 18
869	869	AND 19
870	870
871	871	(II) SUBJECT TO A CIVIL P ENALTY OF $20 FOR EACH MONTH IN 20
872	872	WHICH A SUBSEQUENT V IOLATION OCCURS , OR $500 IF THE FAILURE IS TH E RESULT 21
873	873	OF A CONSPIRACY BETW EEN THE EMPLOYER AND THE INDEPENDENT CONT RACTOR 22
874	874	TO NOT SUPPLY THE RE QUIRED REPORT OR TO SUPPLY A FALSE OR INCOMPLETE 23
875	875	REPORT, UNLESS THE ADMINISTRATION WAIVES THE PENALTY FOR CAUS E. 24
876	876
877	877	(2) ALL VIOLATIONS BY THE SAME EMPLOYING UNIT OCCURRING IN A 25
878	878	SINGLE MONTH SHALL B E CONSIDERED A SINGL E VIOLATION. 26
879	879
880	880	(E) (1) AN ASSESSMENT UNDER T HIS SECTION IS FINAL UNLESS, WITHIN 27
881	881	15 DAYS AFTER THE MAILI NG OF THE ASSESSMENT , THE EMPLOYER APPLIES TO THE 28
882	882	ADMINISTRATION FOR A HEARING. 29 20 HOUSE BILL 218
883	883
884	884
885	885
886	886	(2) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY FO RWARD THE APPLICATIO N TO THE 1
887	887	OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR ADJUDICA TION. 2
888	888
889	889	(F) AN EMPLOYER THAT IN G OOD FAITH REPORTS INFORMATION TO THE 3
890	890	ADMINISTRATION IN ACC ORDANCE WITH THIS SE CTION IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE 4
891	891	DISCLOSURE UNDER STATE LAW. 5
892	892
893	893	(G) THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN SERVICES MAY ADOPT RU LES AND 6
894	894	REGULATIONS TO IMPLE MENT THIS SECTION . 7
895	895
896	896	12–104. 8
897	897
898	898	(a) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, THE 9
899	899	court may modify a child support award subsequent to the filing of a [motion] PETITION 10
900	900	for modification and upon a showing of a material change of circumstance. 11
901	901
902	902	(b) The court may not retroactively modify a child support award prior to the date 12
903	903	of the filing of the [motion] PETITION for modification. 13
904	904
905	905	(c) If a party becomes incarcerated, the court may determine that a material 14
906	906	change of circumstance warranting a modification of child support has occurred, provided 15
907	907	that the party’s ability to pay child support is sufficiently reduced due to incarceration. 16
908	908
909	909	(D) THE COURT MAY MODIFY THE AMOUNT TO BE PAI D TOWARD AN 17
910	910	ARREARAGE AT ANY TIM E WITHOUT A SHOWING OF A MATERIAL CHANGE OF 18
911	911	CIRCUMSTANCE . 19
912	912
913	913	12–104.2. 20
914	914
915	915	THE COURT SHALL TERMI NATE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER THAT WAS 21
916	916	PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISH ED OR ASSIGNED FOR A CHILD RECEIVING A FO STER CARE 22
917	917	MAINTENANCE PAYMENT , WITHOUT A SHOWING OF A MATERIAL CHANGE OF 23
918	918	CIRCUMSTANCE , ON THE FILING FOR A TERMINATION BY THE CHILD SUPPORT 24
919	919	ADMINISTRATION , LOCAL OFFICE OF CHIL D SUPPORT, OR LOCAL DEPARTMENT , 25
920	920	AFTER THE SOCIAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION , OR ITS DESIGNEE , DETERMINES 26
921	921	THAT THE ORDER IS NO LONGER APPROPRIATE . 27
922	922
923	923	12–201. 28
924	924
925	925	(c) (1) “Adjusted actual income” means actual income minus: 29
926	926
927	927	[(1)] (I) preexisting reasonable child support obligations actually paid; 30
928	928	[and 31 HOUSE BILL 218 21
929	929
930	930
931	931
932	932	(2)] (II) except as provided in § 12–204(a)(2) of this subtitle, alimony or 1
933	933	maintenance obligations actually paid; AND 2
934	934
935	935	(III) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH S (2) AND (3) OF THIS 3
936	936	SUBSECTION, A DEDUCTION FOR SUPP ORT FOR EACH CHILD L IVING IN THE 4
937	937	PARENT’S HOME, TO WHOM THE PARENT O WES A LEGAL DUTY OF SUPPORT, 5
938	938	PROVIDED: 6
939	939
940	940	1. THE CHILD SPENDS AT LEAST 92 OVERNIGHTS PER 7
941	941	YEAR IN THE PARENT ’S HOME; AND 8
942	942
943	943	2. THE PARENT IS NOT OT HERWISE OBLIGATED TO PAY 9
944	944	CHILD SUPPORT FOR TH E CHILD IN ACCORDANC E WITH A COURT ORDER . 10
945	945
946	946	(2) FOR PURPOSES OF DETER MINING THE AMOUNT OF THE 11
947	947	DEDUCTION UNDER PARA GRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS SUBSECTION : 12
948	948
949	949	(I) THE BASIC CHILD SUPP ORT OBLIGATION FOR E ACH 13
950	950	ADDITIONAL ELIG IBLE CHILD IN THE PA RENT’S HOME SHALL BE DETE RMINED IN 14
951	951	ACCORDANCE WITH § 12–204 OF THIS SUBTITLE , USING ONLY THE ACTUA L INCOME 15
952	952	OF THE PARENT ENTITL ED TO THE DEDUCTION ; AND 16
953	953
954	954	(II) THE AMOUNT DETERMINE D UNDER ITEM (I) OF THIS 17
955	955	PARAGRAPH SHALL BE M ULTIPLIED BY 0.75. 18
956	956
957	957	(3) THE COURT SHALL DECLI NE TO AWARD A DEDUCT ION UNDER 19
958	958	PARAGRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS SUBSECTION I F THE COURT FINDS , AFTER 20
959	959	CONSIDERING THE EVID ENCE AND THE BEST IN TEREST OF THE CHILD FOR WHOM 21
960	960	SUPPORT IS BEING DET ERMINED, THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE DEDUCTION 22
961	961	WOULD BE UNJUST OR I NAPPROPRIATE . 23
962	962
963	963	(n) “Self–support reserve” means the adjustment to a basic child support 24
964	964	obligation ensuring that a child support obligor maintains a minimum amount of monthly 25
965	965	income, after payment of child support, federal and state income taxes, and Federal 26
966	966	Insurance Contribution Act taxes, of at least 110% of the 2019 federal poverty [level] 27
967	967	GUIDELINES for an individual ($1,145). 28
968	968
969	969	12–202. 29
970	970
971	971	(a) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection and 30
972	972	subsection (b) of this section, in any proceeding to establish or modify child support, 31
973	973	whether pendente lite or permanent, the court shall use the child support guidelines set 32
974	974	forth in this subtitle. 33 22 HOUSE BILL 218
975	975
976	976
977	977
978	978	(2) (i) There is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of child 1
979	979	support which would result from the application of the child support guidelines set forth in 2
980	980	this subtitle is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. 3
981	981
982	982	(ii) The presumption may be rebutted by evidence that the 4
983	983	application of the guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case. 5
984	984
985	985	(iii) In determining whether the application of the guidelines would 6
986	986	be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, the court may consider: 7
987	987
988	988	1. the terms of any existing separation or property 8
989	989	settlement agreement or court order, including: 9
990	990
991	991	A. any provisions for payment of mortgages [or], marital 10
992	992	debts, [payment of] OR college education expenses[,]; 11
993	993
994	994	B. the terms of any use and possession order or right to 12
995	995	occupy the family home under an agreement[,]; 13
996	996
997	997	C. any direct payments made for the benefit of the children 14
998	998	required by THE agreement or order[,]; or 15
999	999
1000	1000	D. any other financial considerations set out in an existing 16
1001	1001	separation or property settlement agreement or court order; AND 17
1002	1002
1003	1003	2. [the presence in the household of either parent of other 18
1004	1004	children to whom that parent owes a duty of support and the expenses for whom that parent 19
1005	1005	is directly contributing; and 20
1006	1006
1007	1007	3.] whether an obligor’s monthly child support obligation 21
1008	1008	would leave the obligor with a monthly actual income below 110% of the 2019 federal 22
1009	1009	poverty [level] GUIDELINES for an individual (LESS THAN $1,145). 23
1010	1010
1011	1011	(iv) [The presumption may not be rebutted solely on the basis of 24
1012	1012	evidence of the presence in the household of either parent of other children to whom that 25
1013	1013	parent owes a duty of support and the expenses for whom that parent is directly 26
1014	1014	contributing. 27
1015	1015
1016	1016	(v)] 1. If the court determines that the application of the 28
1017	1017	guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case, the court shall make a 29
1018	1018	written finding or specific finding on the record stating the reasons for departing from the 30
1019	1019	guidelines. 31
1020	1020
1021	1021	2. The court’s finding shall state: 32
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1023	1023
1024	1024
1025	1025	A. the amount of child support that would have been required 1
1026	1026	under the guidelines; 2
1027	1027
1028	1028	B. how the order varies from the guidelines; 3
1029	1029
1030	1030	C. how the finding serves the best interests of the child WHO 4
1031	1031	IS THE SUBJECT OF THE OR DER; and 5
1032	1032
1033	1033	D. in cases in which items of value are conveyed instead of a 6
1034	1034	portion of the support presumed under the guidelines, the estimated value of the items 7
1035	1035	conveyed. 8
1036	1036
1037	1037	12–204. 9
1038	1038
1039	1039	(a) (1) The basic child support obligation shall be determined in accordance 10
1040	1040	with the schedule of basic child support obligations in subsection (e) of this section. The 11
1041	1041	basic child support obligation shall be divided between the parents in proportion to their 12
1042	1042	adjusted actual incomes. 13
1043	1043
1044	1044	(2) (i) If one or both parents have made a request for alimony or 14
1045	1045	maintenance in the proceeding in which a child support award is sought, the court shall 15
1046	1046	decide the issue and amount of alimony or maintenance before determining the child 16
1047	1047	support obligation under these guidelines. 17
1048	1048
1049	1049	(ii) If the court awards alimony or maintenance, the amount of 18
1050	1050	alimony or maintenance awarded shall be considered actual income for the recipient of the 19
1051	1051	alimony or maintenance and shall be subtracted from the income of the payor of the alimony 20
1052	1052	or maintenance under [§ 12–201(c)(2)] § 12–201(C)(1)(II) of this subtitle before the court 21
1053	1053	determines the amount of a child support award. 22
1054	1054
1055	1055	(3) THE AMOUNT OF THE DED UCTION FOR THE SUPPO RT OF 23
1056	1056	ADDITIONAL CHILDREN LIVING IN A PARENT ’S HOME UNDER § 24
1057	1057	12–201(C)(1)(III) OF THIS SUBTITLE SHA LL BE SUBTRACTED FRO M THE PARENT ’S 25
1058	1058	ACTUAL INCOME BEFORE THE COURT DETERMINES THE AMOUNT OF A CHIL D 26
1059	1059	SUPPORT AWARD . 27
1060	1060
1061	1061	Article – Transportation 28
1062	1062
1063	1063	16–203. 29
1064	1064
1065	1065	(a) In this section, “Child Support Administration” means the Child Support 30
1066	1066	Administration of the Department of Human Services. 31
1067	1067
1068	1068	(b) On notification by the Child Support Administration in accordance with § 32
1069	1069	10–119 of the Family Law Article that an obligor WITH A NONCOMMERCIAL DRIVER’S 33
1070	1070	LICENSE is 60 days or more out of compliance with the most recent CHILD SUPPORT order 34 24 HOUSE BILL 218
1071	1071
1072	1072
1073	1073	[of the court in making child support payments], OR AN OBLIGOR WITH A COMMERCIAL 1
1074	1074	DRIVER’S LICENSE IS 120 DAYS OR MORE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOST 2
1075	1075	RECENT CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, the Administration: 3
1076	1076
1077	1077	(1) Shall suspend an obligor’s license or privilege to drive in the State; and 4
1078	1078
1079	1079	(2) May issue a work–restricted license or work–restricted privilege to 5
1080	1080	drive. 6
1081	1081
1082	1082	(c) (1) Prior to the suspension of a license or the privilege to drive in the State 7
1083	1083	and the issuance of a work–restricted license or work–restricted privilege to drive under 8
1084	1084	subsection (b) of this section, the Administration shall send written notice of the proposed 9
1085	1085	action to the obligor, including notice of the obligor’s right to contest the accuracy of the 10
1086	1086	information. 11
1087	1087
1088	1088	(2) Any contest under this subsection shall be limited to whether the 12
1089	1089	Administration has mistaken the identity of the obligor or the individual whose license or 13
1090	1090	privilege to drive has been suspended. 14
1091	1091
1092	1092	(d) (1) An obligor may appeal a decision of the Administration to suspend the 15
1093	1093	obligor’s license or privilege to drive. 16
1094	1094
1095	1095	(2) At a hearing under this subsection, the issue shall be limited to whether 17
1096	1096	the Administration has mistaken the identity of the obligor or the individual whose license 18
1097	1097	or privilege to drive has been suspended. 19
1098	1098
1099	1099	(e) The Administration shall reinstate an obligor’s license or privilege to drive in 20
1100	1100	the State if: 21
1101	1101
1102	1102	(1) The Administration receives a court order to reinstate the license or 22
1103	1103	privilege to drive; or 23
1104	1104
1105	1105	(2) The Child Support Administration notifies the Administration that: 24
1106	1106
1107	1107	(i) The individual whose license or privilege to drive was suspended 25
1108	1108	is not [in arrears in making child support payments] 60 DAYS OUT OF COMPLIAN CE WITH 26
1109	1109	THE MOST RECENT CHIL D SUPPORT ORDER IF T HE INDIVIDUAL HAS A 27
1110	1110	NONCOMMERCIAL DRIVER ’S LICENSE, OR 120 DAYS OUT OF COMPLIAN CE WITH THE 28
1111	1111	MOST RECENT CHILD SU PPORT ORDER IF THE I NDIVIDUAL HAS A COMM ERCIAL 29
1112	1112	DRIVER’S LICENSE; 30
1113	1113
1114	1114	(ii) The obligor has paid the support arrearage in full; 31
1115	1115
1116	1116	(iii) The obligor has demonstrated good faith by paying the ordered 32
1117	1117	amount of support for 6 consecutive months; 33
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1119	1119
1120	1120
1121	1121	(iv) The obligor is a participant in full compliance in an employment 1
1122	1122	program approved by the Child Support Administration; or 2
1123	1123
1124	1124	(v) One of the grounds under § 10–119(c)(1)(i) of the Family Law 3
1125	1125	Article exists. 4
1126	1126
1127	1127	(f) The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary of Human 5
1128	1128	Services and the Office of Administrative Hearings, shall adopt regulations to implement 6
1129	1129	this section. 7
1130	1130
1131	1131	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8
1132	1132	October 1, 2026. 9
1133	1133