R527-303. Automatic Payment Withdrawal, R527. Human Services, Recovery Services, Utah Administrative Code

Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019)

R527-303-1. Authority and Purpose

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1. The Department of Human Services is authorized to create rules necessary for the provision of social services by Section 62A-1-111 and 62A-11-107. Pursuant to Section 62A-11-703(6), the Office of Recovery Services/Child Support Services (ORS/CSS) shall make rules specifying eligibility requirements to enter into alternative payment agreements.

2. The purpose of this rule is to specify how ORS/CSS will determine the eligibility of an obligor to make child support payments via automatic payment withdrawal from a bank account in lieu of income withholding.

R527-303-2. Automatic Payment Withhdrawal

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1. Pursuant to Section 62A-11-703, ORS/CSS may enter into an alternative payment agreement with an obligor which provides for payment of child support via electronic funds transfer from the obligor's account at a financial institution in lieu of income withholding.

2. In order to be eligible to enter into an alternative payment agreement with ORS/CSS, an obligor:

a. must have a verified address in the Office of Recovery Services Information System;

b. must not have been disqualified from using the alternative payment agreement in the last 12 months; and,

c. may not be an obligor on an active outgoing intergovernmental case.

3. The ORS/CSS Director or designee may exercise his/her discretion to terminate any agreement for abuse or cause.