40-5-206. Central unit for information and administration -- cooperation enjoined -- availability of records. (1) The department shall establish a central unit to serve as a registry for the receipt of information, for answering interstate inquiries concerning deserting parents, for receiving and answering requests for information made by consumer reporting agencies under 40-5-261, to coordinate and supervise departmental activities in relation to deserting parents, and to ensure effective cooperation with law enforcement agencies.
     (2) If services are provided to a child under this part, the department may request and, notwithstanding any statute making the information confidential, all state, county, and city agencies, officers, and employees shall provide on request information, if known, concerning an obligor or obligee, including:
     (a) name;
     (b) residential and mailing addresses;
     (c) date of birth;
     (d) social security number;
     (e) wages or other income;
     (f) number of dependents claimed for state and federal income tax withholding purposes;
     (g) name and address of employer;
     (h) address, location, and description of any real property; and
     (i) any other asset in which the obligor or obligee may have an interest, including the extent, nature, and value of the interest.
     (3) Any information obtained by the department during the course of a child support investigation that is confidential at the source must be treated by the department as confidential and must be safeguarded accordingly. The department may release information obtained from nonconfidential public and private sources, including information regarding support orders, judgments, and payment records.
     (4) Use or disclosure of information obtained by the department from confidential sources of and information maintained by the department in its records, including the names, addresses, and social security numbers of obligors and obligees, is limited to:
     (a) purposes directly related to the provision of services under this chapter;
     (b) county attorneys and courts having jurisdiction in support and abandonment proceedings and agencies in other states engaged in the enforcement of support of minor children under the federal Social Security Act; and
     (c) any other use permitted or required by the federal Social Security Act.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 612, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 543, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 418, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 549, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 631, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 264, L. 1995.