A. Unless otherwise prohibited or restricted by federal law or regulation, the Commission for Human Services, by rule, shall adopt a reasonable fee that shall be paid by consumer reporting agencies for requests pursuant to this section. The fee shall not exceed the estimated average actual cost experienced by the Department in performing the duties imposed upon it by this section.
B. The Department of Human Services shall establish procedures for the periodic release to consumer reporting agencies of the names and amounts of child support arrearages of obligors who owe past-due support. This information shall be released if the person obligated to pay child support pursuant to a support order is in arrears for child support.
C. For purposes of this section, the term "consumer reporting agency" means any person who, for a fee, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties, and who uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.
D. Information shall not be made available to:
1. Any consumer reporting agency which the Department or other appropriate agency determines does not have sufficient capability to systematically and timely make accurate use of the information; or
2. Any entity which has not provided satisfactory proof to the Department that the entity is a consumer reporting agency.
E. Any person obligated for child support shall be notified prior to the release of the information to a consumer reporting agency and shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard regarding the accuracy of the information to be released.
Added by Laws 1985, c. 297, § 29, operative Oct. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 260, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 402, § 34, eff. July 1, 1997.
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