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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Establish a Working Group To Increase Child Support Collections’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Working group to increase child support collections. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services, office of integrated access and support, division of support enforcement and recovery shall convene a working group of interested parties to establish a process to collect child support debts through a gambling payment intercept. The division shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary no later than January 15, 2010 containing the recommendations, including proposed legislation, of the working group. The report must include a discussion of the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the proposed process, the administrative burden that may be placed on gambling licensees and gambling facilities and any other issues. The Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary may submit legislation to the 124th Legislature in 2010 based on the report.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the bill into a resolve. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services, office of integrated access and support, division of support enforcement and recovery to convene a working group to develop a process to collect child support debts through a gambling payment intercept. The division must submit a report including the working group’s recommendations by January 15, 2010. The Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary may submit legislation based on the report.
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