Section 453A of the Social Security Act, (42 U.S.C. §653A), as amended by Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), requires each state to establish and maintain a State Directory of New Hires to provide a means for employers to assist in the state's efforts both to prevent fraud in the welfare, workers' compensation, and unemployment insurance programs, and to locate and/or collect from absent parents who owe child support by reporting information concerning newly hired and rehired employees directly to a centralized state database. This subchapter establishes within the Office of the Attorney General (Title IV-D agency) a centralized employee registry called the State Directory of New Hires and establishes procedures for employers to report employee information to the State Directory of New Hires under Chapter 234, Subchapter B of the Texas Family Code.

Source Note: The provisions of this §55.301 adopted to be effective October 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 9299; amended to be effective March 5, 2008, 33 TexReg 1761