New Mexico § 27-1-8 - State case registry

§ 27-1-8. State case registry

A. The human services [health care authority] department, acting as the state's child

support enforcement agency pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 1 shall establish a state case registry by October 1, 1998 that contains records with

respect to: (1) each case in which services are being provided on or after October 1, 1998 by

the state Title IV-D agency; and (2) each support order established or modified in the state on or after October 1,

1998, whether or not the order was obtained by the Title IV-D agency. B. The records maintained by the state case registry shall use standardized data elements

for parents such as names, social security numbers and other uniform identification

numbers like dates of birth and case identification numbers, and contain such other

information such as on case status as the secretary of the United States department

of health and human services may require. C. The Title IV-D agency and the administrative office of the courts shall work cooperatively

to ensure that the requirements of this act are implemented in an effective, efficient

and timely manner. The human services [health care authority] department shall reimburse the administrative

office of the courts for all costs incurred in furnishing the information. A cooperative agreement between the Title IV-D agency and the administrative office

of the courts shall include costs to be charged by the administrative office of the

courts for all work performed to conform to these requirements. The human services [health care authority] department shall promptly provide the

administrative office of the courts the data elements and formats required under Subsection

B of this section as soon as they become available to the department. D. The state case registry shall extract information from its automated system to

share and compare information with and to receive information from, other databases

and information comparison services in order to obtain or provide information necessary

to enable the Title IV-D agency or the United States health and human services [health

care authority] department secretary or other state or federal agencies to carry out

the Title IV-D program, subject to Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 . Such information comparison activities shall include the following: (1) furnishing to the federal case registry of child support orders established (and

update as necessary with information including notice of expiration of orders) the

minimum amount of information on child support cases recorded in the state case registry

that is necessary to operate the registry, as specified by the United States health

and human services [health care authority] department secretary in regulations; (2) exchanging information with the federal parent locator service for the purposes

specified in the State Directory of New Hires Act; 2 (3) exchanging information with state agencies of the state and of other states administering

programs of temporary assistance for needy families and medicaid, and other programs

designated by the United States health and human services secretary, as necessary

to perform state agency responsibilities under this part and under such programs;

and (4) exchanging information with other agencies of the state, agencies of other states

and interstate information networks, as necessary and appropriate to carry out or

assist other states to carry out purposes of the Title IV-D program. 1

42 U.S.C.A. § 651 et seq. 2

NMSA 1978, § 50-13-1 et seq.