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Child support enforcement program; state plan requirements, standards for program operations, and federal financial participation--Office of Child Support Enforcement, HHS. Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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This proposed rule would implement part of the paternity establishment provisions contained in section 331 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) and amended by section 5539 of Pub. L. 105-33, which impose new statutory requirements for a State's voluntary paternity acknowledgement process and require the Secretary to promulgate regulations governing voluntary paternity establishment services and identifying the types of entities other than hospitals and birth record agencies that may be allowed to offer voluntary paternity establishment services. States will be required to adopt laws and procedures that are in accordance with the statutory and regulatory provisions. These proposed regulations will address these procedures and related provisions.

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1998-01-05. Child support enforcement program; state plan requirements, standards for program operations, and federal financial participation--Office of Child Support Enforcement, HHS. Notice of proposed rulemaking.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10176837/

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