Guam § 34307 - Access to and Disposition of Information.

§ 34307. Access to and Disposition of Information.

(a) The Director of New Hires shall ensure that information received from an employer pursuant to

this Article 3 will be entered into the Directory of New Hires within five (5) working days of receipt. Within

three (3) working days after entry into the Directory of New Hires, the Director of New Hires shall furnish

the information to the National Directory of New Hires.

(b) Data contained in the Directory of New Hires shall be disclosed only to authorized employees of

the Child Support Enforcement Office, or to other State IV-D agencies as may be requested.

(c) The Child Support Enforcement Office shall use the information received to locate individuals for

purposes of establishing paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations, and

may disclose such information to any agent of the Child Support Enforcement Office under contract to

carry out such purposes.

(d) Within two (2) working days after the date information regarding a newly hired employee is entered

into the Directory of New Hires, the Department shall transfer a notice to the employer directing the

employer to withhold from the income of the employee an amount equal to the monthly or other periodic

child support obligation, including any payment ordered for past due support, unless the employees income

is not subject to withholding pursuant to a finding of the court or administrative body that there is good

cause not to require immediate income withholding, or a written agreement is reached between both parties

which provides for an alternative arrangement. In any event, however, the income of a non-custodial parent

shall become subject to withholding on the date the non-custodial parents support obligation is in arrears

one (1) month, or on the date the non-custodial parent requests that the withholding begin, or on the date

the custodial parent requests the withholding begin and the Department determines there is no reason why

the request should not be approved, or on the date the Department so elects.

(e) The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall furnish quarterly to the Director of New Hires, who

shall in turn furnish to the National Directory of New Hires, extracts of the reports required under Federal

law to be made to the United States Secretary of Labor concerning the wages and compensation paid to

individuals, by such dates, in such format, and containing such information as the United States Secretary

of Health and Human Services shall specify in regulation.

(f) The Department of Labor and Workers Compensation Commission shall have access to the data

received from employers pursuant to this § 34307 for purposes of administering employment security or

workers compensation programs, but shall limit disclosure of such information for this authorized purpose

only.

(g) The Division of Public Welfare of the Department of Public Health and Social Services, and any

other agency administering a Federal program enumerated in 42 U.S.C. § 1320b-7(b) shall have access to

the information reported by employers for purposes of verifying eligibility for such program, but shall limit

disclosure of such information for this authorized purpose only.