§ 27-14-703 — Disclosure of child support obligations required; notification; amount withheld; payment; applicability of provisions

(a) An injured employee filing a claim for benefits
payable under this act shall disclose if he owes child support
obligations enforced pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C. §
654 and approved under 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. If the employee
owes child support obligations and is awarded benefits, the
division shall notify the state or local child support
enforcement agency operating pursuant to a plan described in 42
U.S.C. § 654 and enforcing the obligation that the employee is
eligible for benefits.
(b) The division shall withhold from benefits payable to
an employee owing child support obligations:
(i) The amount specified by the employee to the
division to be withheld under this subsection;
(ii) The amount determined pursuant to an agreement
under 42 U.S.C. § 654(19)(B)(i) and submitted to the division by
the state or local child support enforcement agency; or
(iii) Any amount otherwise required to be withheld
from benefits payable under this act pursuant to legal process
defined under 42 U.S.C. § 662(e) and properly served upon the
division.
(c) Any amount withheld under subsection (b) of this
section shall be paid by the division to the appropriate state
or local child support enforcement agency, treated as if paid to
the employee as benefits under this act and as if paid by the
employee to the state or local child support enforcement agency
in satisfaction of his child support obligations.
(d) This section applies only if arrangements are made for
reimbursement by the state or local child support enforcement
agency for administrative costs incurred by the division
attributable to child support obligations enforced by the
agency.