§ 75-5366 — Matching child support debtors and insurance claimants; agreement; procedures; requirements; rules and regulations

(a) The secretary for children and families is authorized to enter into an agreement with any entity that engages in the business of matching information about child support debtors against information about insurance claimants. Any such agreement shall be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 39-759, and amendments thereto, concerning confidential information. If the entity is a consortium or similar joint venture of two or more states, or if the entity is an agency of the United States, the requirements of K.S.A. 75-5365, and amendments thereto, shall not apply.
(b) Pursuant to an agreement made under subsection (a), the secretary for children and families may disclose information about any individual who owes past due support in a title IV-D case if the support debtor owes at least $25 in past due support. "Title IV-D" means part D of title IV of the federal social security act, 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.
(c) To the extent feasible, the secretary for children and families shall require or provide secure electronic processes for disclosing information about support debtors to any entity conducting matches pursuant to this section and for any insurers disclosing information about claimants to such an entity.
(d) The secretary for children and families shall have the authority to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this act.

Legislative History

L. 2008, ch. 136, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 360; July 1.