The Office of Child Support (OCS) has proposed the rescission of the following rules:
| Rescinded Rule | Rescinded Rule Title | Prior Effective Date of Rule | Effective Date of Rescission |
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| 5101:1‑29‑31.1 | Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) case calculations, refunds and notices. | 07/26/2002 | 07/01/2006 |
| Note: This rule is being rescinded because the material is related to a project that has been completed. The rule is not being replaced.
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| 5101:1‑29‑31.2 | Child support enforcement agency (CSEA) case reviews. | 07/01/2002 | 07/01/2006 |
| Note: This rule is being rescinded because the material is related to a project that has been completed. The rule is not being replaced.
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| 5101:1‑30‑77 | Federal offset program to enforce past-due support obligations. | 04/11/2003 | 07/01/2006 |
| Note: This rule is being rescinded and the information will be included in rules 5101:12‑50‑30, 5101:12‑50‑32 to 5101:12‑50‑32.10, and 5101:12‑50‑34.
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| 5101:1‑31‑28 | Statewide contract for location and collection services | 11/18/2003 | 07/01/2006 |
| Note: This rule is being rescinded and replaced with rule 5101:12‑1‑87.
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OCS has proposed the adoption of the following rules:
| Adopted Rule | Adopted Rule Title | Effective Date of Adopted Rule |
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| 5101:12‑1‑87 | Statewide contract for location and collection services. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule will replace 5101:1‑31‑28. No substantive changes have been made.
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| 5101:12‑50‑30 | Federal offset program. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule is an introductory rule that lists the rules that are included in the federal offset program and describes how the programs within the federal offset program are related.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32 | Federal income tax refund offset program. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule provides an introduction to the federal income tax refund offset program and definitions used in the supplemental rules.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.1 | Submission criteria. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the criteria required for submittal to the federal tax refund offset program. Material in this rule is taken primarily from paragraph (F) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77. The restriction on submission of an obligor for federal offset due to a bankruptcy filing has been removed as the result of changes made by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-8).
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.2 | The federal match process and the pre-offset notice. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the federal match process and the pre-offset notice procedure. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (C) and (L) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.3 | Adding, updating, and deleting obligors from the Ohio tax offset file. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the requirements for adding, updating, and deleting obligors from the Ohio tax offset file. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (G), (H), (I), and (J) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.4 | Rejected submissions. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule contains material that was not in the previous rule regarding the procedures CSEAs are required to follow when a federal tax offset submission is rejected by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. Although this material has not appeared previously in the Administrative Code, the material does not contain any new procedures for CSEAs.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.5 | Administrative offset review of federal offset program submittals. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the process used for an administrative offset review of a submittal to the federal income tax refund offset program. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (M), (N), (O), (P), (Q), and (R) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.6 | The federal income tax refund offset process. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the process used to offset an federal income tax refund. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (L) and (X) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.7 | Service fee. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes fees which are charged by the federal Financial Management Service for each federal tax offset processed. Material in this rule is taken from paragraph (V) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.8 | Federal income tax refund offset reports. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes collection reports that are used by CSEAs in processing federal income tax refund offsets. Material in this rule is taken from paragraph (W) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77. This rule also contains some additional material which was added for clarity.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.9 | Invalid offsets: federal adjustments, state payments, and recovery of disbursed collections. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the processes used to rectify invalid offsets. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (T) and (U) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑32.10 | Joint refunds. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the way in which federal tax refund offset collections from joint tax returns are disbursed. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (T) and (U) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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| 5101:12‑50‑34 | Passport denial. | 07/01/2006 |
| | Note: This rule describes the passport denial program. Material in this rule is taken from paragraphs (F) and (S) of rule 5101:1‑30‑77.
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The following form has been revised:
| Revised Form | Revised Form Title | Prior Effective Date | Effective Date of Revised Form |
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| JFS 07017 | Update of Income Tax Refund Offset Submittal | 08/1994 | 04/2006 |
| | Note: The form was modified to provide the correct address for submitting the form, add a column for the case number and order number, move the "Amount" column, and delete the "Transfer" column. The instructions were removed from the bottom of the JFS 07017 and placed in a new form, the JFS 07017 I.
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The following forms have been adopted:
| Adopted Form | Adopted Form Title | Effective Date of Adopted Form |
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| JFS 07017 I | Instructions for Completing the JFS 07017 | 04/2006 |
| | Note: The instructions were removed from the JFS 07017 and updated to provide clarity and address the changes in the JFS 07017.
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| JFS 07071 | State Lottery Prize Award Intercept Directive | 06/2006 |
| | Note: OCS has created a new form in accordance with ORC section 3123.89 of the Revised Code.
This form shall be issued by a child support enforcement agency (CSEA) to the Ohio Lottery Commission (OLC) upon determining that an obligor who is the recipient of a lottery prize award is subject to a final and enforceable determination of default made under ORC sections 3123.01 to 3123.07.
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INSTRUCTIONS for RULES:
Rules will be updated in the CSPM on the ODJFS InnerWeb at
http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov/ as follows:
- Rescinded rules will be removed when the rescission becomes effective.
- Adopted rules will be inserted on the effective date of the rule.
INSTRUCTIONS for FORMS:
Forms will be updated in the Forms section of the CSPM on the ODJFS InnerWeb at: http://emanuals.jfs.ohio.gov/ as follows:
- Revised forms will replace the existing forms in the Forms section of the CSPM.
- Adopted forms will be added to the Forms section of the CSPM.