§ 15-25-1. State information agency — Reports to consumer reporting agency.
(a) The department of administration, division of taxation, child support enforcement
agency, designated as the state agency for purposes of providing consumer reporting
agencies with information regarding the amount of overdue support owed by an obligor,
is authorized to promulgate rules, regulations, and guidelines for the release of
that information in accordance with this section. For purposes of this section, "overdue
support� means a delinquency pursuant to an obligation determined under a court order,
or an order of an administrative process established under the law of any state, for:
(1) support and maintenance of a minor child, which is owed to or on behalf of the child;
or
(2) support and maintenance of the obligor's spouse or former spouse with whom the child
is living.
(b) For purposes of this section, "consumer reporting agency� means any person which,
for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in
whole or in part 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 which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the
purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.
(c) The department of administration shall provide to consumer reporting agencies information
regarding the amount, if any, of overdue support owed by an obligor. The department
shall not be required to provide information regarding overdue support in an individual
case if the department determines that release of information is inappropriate.
(d) The department may charge consumer reporting agencies and credit bureaus a fee not
to exceed the actual cost of providing the information.
(e) The department shall provide written notice to the absent parent ten (10) days prior
to the proposed release of information to consumer reporting agencies. The notice
shall state that the absent parent may contest the accuracy of information prior to
release and shall state the procedures to contest the accuracy of the information.
(f) The department shall periodically inform the consumer reporting agencies if the overdue
support has been paid in full or of the amended amount of overdue support.