Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-7-610 - Distribution of Cash Medical Support in Title XIX Cases

A. The Title IV-D Agency shall retain current cash medical support monies for a child receiving Title XIX services under A.R.S. § 46-407 where the recipient of services is an individual to whom court ordered medical support is owed.

B. When a child is receiving Title XIX services, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse all current cash medical support for that child to the Title XIX Agency in accordance with 45 CFR 302.51 on or after the end of the month in which the current cash medical support is collected. The Title IV-D Agency shall distribute arrearages that accrue and are collected while the child is receiving Title XIX services on or after the end of the month in which the arrearages are collected.

C. When a child is no longer receiving Title XIX services, the Title IV-D Agency shall disburse current cash medical support in accordance with R6-7-701 . The Title IV-D Agency shall distribute collections of cash medical support arrears that accrued while the child was receiving Title XIX services in accordance with R6-7-601 to the Title XIX Agency.

D. If a cash medical support order covers children who are not receiving Title XIX services and children who are receiving Title XIX services, the Title IV-D Agency shall divide the ordered cash medical support amount by the number of children in the order. The Title IV-D Agency shall distribute the prorated share of cash medical support for the benefit of the children receiving Title XIX services to the Title XIX Agency and the prorated share of cash medical support for the benefit of the children not receiving Title XIX services to the obligee.

E. When a case is former Title XIX and former assistance with arrearages assigned to the state under A.R.S. § 46-407, the Title IV-D Agency shall first apply arrearage collections to the child and spousal support arrearages assigned under A.R.S. § 46-407.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-7-610

New Section made by final rulemaking at 15 A.A.R. 1250, effective September 5, 2009 (Supp. 09-3).