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...A fine imposed pursuant to division (B) of section 3121.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the office of child support in the department of job and family services or, pursuant to section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, to the child support enforcement agency. The amount of the fine that does not exceed the amount of arrearage under the child support order shall be disbursed in accordance with the child support ord...

...On receipt of administrative charges under section 3121.56 of the Revised Code, the office of child support shall determine the charge amounts collected from obligors under support orders being administered by the child support enforcement agency in each county and distribute monthly to each agency an amount equal to the charges attributable to the agency.

...No administrative charge amounts collected shall be used by the office of child support or a child support enforcement agency for any purpose other than the provision of funds for support enforcement activities.

...The office of child support may enter into contracts with public entities or private vendors for the collection of amounts due under support orders or for the performance of other administrative duties of the office. The office may contract with a public or private entity for the collection of arrearages owed under any child support order for which a court or a child support enforcement agency has found the obligor i...

...In order to comply with its collection and disbursement responsibilities, the office of child support may require the director of each child support enforcement agency to authorize the office to use that director's facsimile signature if the office determines the signature's use is necessary. An agency director shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for any damage or injury to persons or property that re...

...The director of job and family services, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following: (A) Govern collection and disbursement of child support amounts in compliance with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended, and any regulations adopted under the act; (B) Govern the method of sending administrative charge amou...

...The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall enter into account information access agreements with financial institutions doing business in this state and with financial institutions doing business in other states. The office may join an alliance of states for the purpose of participating in the financial data matching program, as defined in section 666(A)(17) of Title 42 of the Unit...

...A financial institution that responds to a request or provides information to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement shall deduct a fee of five dollars for each withdrawal the financial institution makes from an obligor's account on receipt of a withdrawal directive under section 3123.37 of the Revised Code.

...Information obtained from a financial institution pursuant to an account information access agreement is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. No person or government entity that obtains information concerning an account holder from a financial institution pursuant to an agreement shall disclose the information for purposes other than the establishment, modification, or enforceme...

...Financial institutions or their officers, directors, and employees shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for disclosing or releasing information concerning an account holder to the office of child support pursuant to an account information access agreement, or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with an account information access agreement, regardless of whether the action was specificall...

...The director of job and family services shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the provisions of an agreement required pursuant to section 3121.74 of the Revised Code and the procedure for entering into an agreement.

...The office of child support in the department of job and family services shall establish and maintain a case registry of all support orders being administered or otherwise handled by a child support enforcement agency.

...The case registry shall include all of the following information: (A) The name, social security number, driver's license number, other identification number, residence telephone number, and date of birth of each obligor and obligee under a support order; (B) Payment information including the periodic support amount due, arrearages, penalties for late payment, fees, amounts collected, and amounts distributed under a...

...The case registry shall be maintained as part of the automated system created pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code and shall be accessed through the system. The office of child support and each child support enforcement agency shall monitor and update the registry, and each agency shall enter the information described in section 3121.82 of the Revised Code in the registry in accordance with rules adopted p...

...(A) The office of child support shall make comparisons of the information in the case registry with the information maintained by the department of job and family services pursuant to sections 3111.64 and 3121.894 of the Revised Code. The office shall make the comparisons in the manner and in the time intervals required by the rules adopted pursuant to section 3121.86 of the Revised Code. The office shall make report...

...Each child support enforcement agency shall enter information into the case registry and maintain and update that information consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended and any federal regulations adopted under the act. The office of child support and each child support enforcement agency shall monitor the registry consistent with Title IV-D of the...

...The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do both of the following: (A) Establish procedures governing actions required by sections 3121.84 and 3121.85 of the Revised Code; (B) Designate any additional information that must be placed in the case registry consistent with Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 651 et seq., as amended...

...As used in sections 3121.891 to 3121.8911 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contractor" means an individual who provides services to an employer as an independent contractor for compensation that is reported as income other than wages and who is an individual, the sole shareholder of a corporation, or the sole member of a limited liability company. "Contractor" does not include any of the following: (1) An individua...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, every employer shall make a new hire report to the department of job and family services regarding a newly hired employee or a contractor of a person who resides, works, or will be assigned to work in this state to whom the employer anticipates paying compensation. (B) An employer with employees or contractors in two or more states that transmits ...

...(A) An employer shall include all of the following in each new hire report: (1) For each employee, the employee's name, address, date of birth, social security number, and date of hire; (2) For each contractor, the contractor's name, address, social security or tax identification number, the date payments begin, and the length of time the contractor will be performing services for the employer; (3) The emplo...

...An employer shall make a new hire report for each newly hired employee or contractor in a manner prescribed by the department of job and family services. The department may require that the report include or consist of the submission of a copy of the United States internal revenue service form W-4 (employee's withholding allowance certificate) for the employee, a form provided by the department, or any other hi...

...The department of job and family services shall, within five days of receipt from an employer, enter the information described in divisions (A)(1) and (3) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code into the new hires directory, which shall be part of or accessible to the automated data processing system required pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code. The department of job and family services may specify by ru...

...The department of job and family services shall make comparisons of the social security numbers obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code and the social security numbers appearing in the case registry maintained pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3121.86 of the Revised Code. Not later than the business day after information is entered into the directory, if the comparison conducted by ...

...The director of job and family services shall by rule establish the manner in which information concerning any person identified in division (A)(2) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code shall be used to enforce any support obligations of that person. The director of job and family services may adopt a rule increasing above the amount established in division (A)(3) of section 3121.89 of the Revised Code the amount ...

...Within three business days after information on persons identified in division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code is entered into the new hires directory, the department of job and family services shall furnish the information to the national directory of new hires. The department shall furnish to the national directory of new hires on a quarterly basis such information contained in the records of the dep...