SECTION 55.602. Data Matching Options

(a) The Child Support Division (CSD) has contracted with the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to participate in the Child Support Lien Network (CSLN). CSLN provides an insurer with two methods of matching: an Automated Data Match and an Interactive Lookup. An insurer subject to the requirements of this subchapter may choose to provide or obtain matching information using either or both the CSLN Automated Data Match process and the CSLN Interactive Lookup.

(b) As an alternative to an automated data match with CSLN, an insurer may participate in a similar automated data match with the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE). An insurer may obtain information about the OCSE match program, including enrollment options, through the OCSE website (http://www.acf.hhs.gov/css). An insurer or agent of an insurer participating in OCSE's automated, data match process may either submit information on claims to OCSE or receive a file from OCSE containing information about individuals who owe past-due support (delinquent obligor information) and generate a match file to OCSE.

(c) A data match must occur before any claim is paid. The data match must be made at the time or after a claim is filed but before the claim has been paid. In addition to this match, an insurer can perform periodic data matching in advance of such claims. In the event of a match prior to a claim, the insurer will not pay the claim without first confirming with CSD that the match is still valid, and without first receiving and processing either a notice of child support lien or an income withholding order to secure payment of the amount of past-due support or a release.

Source Note: The provisions of this §55.602 adopted to be effective June 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 4409; amended to be effective March 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 1762; amended to be effective March 16, 2010, 35 TexReg 2153; amended to be effective December 2, 2013, 38 TexReg 8639; amended to be effective May 12, 2022, 47 TexReg 2727