Indiana § 31-25-3-2 - Duties of bureau; access to information

§ 31-25-3-2. Duties of bureau; access to information

Sec. 2. (a) The bureau shall operate the state parent locator service. The bureau shall make all necessary requests and responses to the federal parent locator service and to the parent locator services of the other states.

(b) To carry out the bureau's responsibilities under this chapter, the bureau or a prosecuting attorney, private attorney, or private entity operating under an agreement or contract described in IC 31-25-4-13.1 shall, subject to policies adopted by the superintendent of the state police department concerning the disclosure of law enforcement records, be granted access to information that is contained in an information system used by the state to locate an individual for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement.

(c) To carry out the bureau's responsibilities under this chapter, the bureau, through the parent locator service, may request information and assistance from a state, county, city, or town agency. Officers and employees of a state, county, city, or town agency shall cooperate with the bureau in determining the location of a parent who:

(1) owes child support; or

(2) has abandoned or deserted a child;

by providing the pertinent information relative to the location, income, and property of the parent, notwithstanding any other statute making the information confidential.

(d) Notwithstanding any other statute making the information confidential, each person doing business in Indiana shall provide the bureau or an agent of the bureau with the following information, if available, upon receipt of the certification described in subsection (e):

(1) Full name of the parent.

(2) Social Security number of the parent.

(3) Date of birth of the parent.

(4) Address of the parent's residence.

(5) Amount of wages earned by the parent.

(6) Number of dependents claimed by the parent on state and federal tax withholding forms.

(7) Name and address of the parent's employer.

(8) Name and address of any financial institution maintaining an account for the parent.

(9) Address of any real property owned by the parent.

(10) Name and address of the parent's health insurance carrier and health coverage policy number.

(e) The parent locator service shall certify that the information requested in subsection (d) is for the purpose of locating a parent who owes child support or who has abandoned a child and that the information obtained is to be treated as confidential by the bureau and any other state to which the information is released.

(f) A business in Indiana and each unit of state and local government shall comply with an administrative subpoena issued by a Title IV-D agency in another jurisdiction. The information requested may not be provided unless the Title IV-D agency of the other jurisdiction certifies that the information will be treated as confidential. The business or unit of government shall provide the Title IV-D agency of the other jurisdiction with the information listed in subsection (d), if available, if requested in the subpoena, upon certification by the Title IV-D agency of the other jurisdiction that the information is for the purpose of locating a parent who owes child support or who has abandoned or deserted a child.

(g) A person may not knowingly refuse to give the bureau, the bureau's agents, or the Title IV-D agency of another jurisdiction the following:

(1) The name of a parent of a child for whom the state is providing public assistance.

(2) Information that may assist the parent locator service or other jurisdiction in locating the parent of a child.

(h) Information obtained under this section may not be used in a criminal prosecution against the informant.

(i) A person may not knowingly give the bureau or the Title IV-D agency of another jurisdiction the incorrect name of a parent of a child or knowingly give the parent locator service incorrect information on the parent's whereabouts for the purpose of concealing the identity of the real parent of the child or the location of the parent.

As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.271. Amended by P.L.80-2010, SEC.46.