(a)The Illinois Department shall establish an automated State Case Registry to contain records concerning child support orders for parties receiving child support enforcement services under this Article X, and for all child support orders entered or modified on or after October 1, 1998. The State Case Registry shall include (i) the information filed with the Illinois Department, or filed with the clerk of the circuit court and provided to the Illinois Department, under the provisions of Sections 10-10.5 and 10-11.2 of this Code, Section 505.3 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 30 of the Non-Support Punishment Act, Section 803 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, and Section 14.1 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and (ii) any other information required
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(a) The Illinois Department shall establish an automated State Case Registry to contain records concerning child support orders for parties receiving child support enforcement services under this Article X, and for all child support orders entered or modified on or after October 1, 1998. The State Case Registry shall include (i) the information filed with the Illinois Department, or filed with the clerk of the circuit court and provided to the Illinois Department, under the provisions of Sections 10-10.5 and 10-11.2 of this Code, Section 505.3 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Section 30 of the Non-Support Punishment Act, Section 803 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, and Section 14.1 of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and (ii) any other information required under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act or by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. (b) (Blank). (c) The Illinois Department shall maintain the following payment information on child support orders for parties receiving child support enforcement services under this Article X: (1) the amount of monthly or other periodic support owed under the order and other amounts, including arrearages, interest or late payment penalties, and fees, due or overdue under the order; (2) any amounts described in subdivision (1) of subsection (d) that have been collected; (3) the distribution of the collected amounts; and (4) the amount of any lien imposed with respect to the order pursuant to Section 10-25 or Section 10-25.5 of this Code. (d) The Illinois Department shall establish, update, maintain, and monitor case records in the Registry of parties receiving child support enforcement services under this Article X, on the bases of: (1) information on administrative actions and administrative and judicial proceedings and orders relating to paternity and support; (2) information obtained from comparison with federal, State, and local sources of information; (3) information on support collections and distribution; and (4) any other relevant information. (e) The Illinois Department shall use the automated State Case Registry to share and compare information with, and receive information from, other data bases and information comparison services in order to obtain (or provide) information necessary to enable the Illinois Department (or the federal Department of Health and Human Services or other State or federal agencies) to carry out the requirements of the child support enforcement program established under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act. Such information comparison activities shall include the following: (1) Furnishing to the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders (and updating as necessary, with information including notice of expiration of orders) the information specified by the federal Department of Health and Human Services in regulations. (2) Exchanging information with the Federal Parent Locator Service for the purposes specified in Section 453 of the Social Security Act. (3) Exchanging information with State agencies (of this State and of other states) administering programs funded under Title IV, Part A and Title XIX of the Social Security Act and other programs designated by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, as necessary to perform responsibilities under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act and under such other programs. (4) Exchanging information with other agencies of this State, agencies of other states, and interstate information networks, as necessary and appropriate to carry out (or assist other states to carry out) the purposes of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act. (5) Disclosing information to any other entities as required under Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act. (f) The Illinois Department shall adopt rules establishing safeguards, applicable to all confidential information included in the State Case Registry, that are designed to protect the privacy rights of persons concerning whom information is on record in the State Case Registry. Such safeguards shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts of one party or the child to another party against whom a protective order with respect to the former party or the child has been entered. (2) Prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts of one party or the child to another party if the Illinois Department has reasonable evidence of domestic violence or child abuse (that is, allegations of domestic violence or child abuse, unless the Illinois Department has an independent, reasonable basis to find the person making the allegation not credible) to the former party or child by the party requesting information. (3) Prohibitions against the release of information on the whereabouts of one party or the child to another person if the Illinois Department has reason to believe the release of information to that person may result in physical or emotional harm to the party or child.