Tying child support debt to insurance claims

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• The Senate Law & Justice Committee, heard public testimony, on Substitute House Bill 1416, concerning the reporting of debt information by insurers to enhance the collection of past-due child support payments by obligating insurance companies to exchange information with the state's Division of Child Support and require the insurers to pay DCS instead of claimants in certain circumstances. 
• Qualifying coverages would include: tort liability claim for bodily injury or wrongful death, a workers' compensation claim, or a claim under a policy of life insurance,
• The bill passed the House 89-9 on March 1, and would have to pass the Senate, in order to make its way to the Governor’s office, to be signed into law.

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