s_hhs_2016a_2016-03-16t11:11:29z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/16/2016

11:39 AM -- HB 16-1165





Senator Crowder, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 16-1165. This bill amends child support guidelines and related statutes based on the findings of the Colorado Child Support Commission. These changes include:

• allowing for the discovery and seizing of insurance claims for the purpose of meeting past due child support obligations;
• requiring the annual exchange of information between parents to include financial information and the verification of child care expenses;
• changing the formula to determine gross income to include child support that is obligated to be paid for another child;
• changing the reasonable cost threshold percentage for the enforcement of court-ordered medical support from 20 percent to 5 percent;
• changing the definition of shared physical care to include overall time a parent spends with a child and not just overnight stays;
• limiting the period for when a party can seek retroactive child support to five years; and
• adding language providing notice to presumptive fathers.
  

11:41 AM -- Pauline Burton, Colorado Child Support Commission, testified in support of the bill.



11:45 AM -- Larry Desbien, Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill.



11:45 AM -- Tracy Rumans, Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill.



11:46 AM -- LeAnn Anderson, Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill.





11:46 AM



Committee discussion and questions followed. The committee asked questions about the process the department uses to collect child support.



11:55 AM



The committee dialogued with Ms. Burton, Mr. Desbien, Ms. Rumans, and Ms. Anderson.



11:59 AM



Senator Crowder made closing comments. Committee members made closing comments.

12:03 PM



The committee adjourned.