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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="3283" measure-id="id116s3283" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-02-12" update-date="2021-04-08">
<title>A bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States to use incentive payments available under the child support enforcement program to improve parent-child relationships, increase child support collections, and improve outcomes for children by supporting parenting time arrangements for noncustodial parents in uncontested agreements, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s3283v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-04-08">
<action-date>2020-02-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill expands the use of federal incentive payments to states under the Child Support Enforcement Program to include establishing arrangements for how much time a child spends with each parent as agreed to by the parents under a child support or medical support order.<br> <br> Generally, the incentive payments program provides funding based on a state's performance measures related to (1) establishing paternity, (2) the number of cases with child support orders in place, (3) the collection of current and past-due support payments, and (4) cost-effectiveness.</p>]]></summary-text>
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