(750 ILCS 24/35)
    Sec. 35. IV-D Child Support Program responsibilities.
    (a) The Department has the authority and responsibility for administering the IV-D Child Support Program in compliance with Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security Act.
    (b) The Department may enter into agreements with contractors or local governmental entities to manage any services provided by the IV-D Child Support Program in counties in which the State's Attorney is not operating a Program. All contractors or local governmental entities entering into agreements with the Department must meet the applicable performance standards set forth in Section 25.
    (c) In all counties, whether or not the State's Attorney in a county is operating a Program, the Department must, at a minimum, fulfill its responsibilities under Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security Act and Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code in connection with the following:
        (1) Operation of a statewide toll free telephone
    
number that refers parties to the appropriate contact as established by a Plan.
        (2) Management and supervision of the State
    
Disbursement Unit.
        (3) Management and supervision of KIDS and the State
    
Case Registry established under Section 10-27 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, including the responsibility (i) for entering and editing data for activities being conducted by the Department with respect to a current child support case and (ii) for having conflicting or incorrect data reconciled with respect to those activities. A State's Attorney operating a Program, however, must be able to enter data directly into KIDS with respect to any current child support cases for which the State's Attorney is responsible and must be able to edit that data when necessary.
        (4) Federal income tax refund intercepts.
        (5) State income tax refund and other payment
    
intercepts.
        (6) Sending notices required by law to parents,
    
except as otherwise provided in a Plan.
        (7) Submitting past due support information to
    
licensing agencies.
        (8) Notifying the Illinois Department of Public
    
Health of parentage establishments and acknowledgments.
        (9) Maintaining the Central Case Registry with
    
respect to interstate cases, and taking any necessary actions that are not otherwise specified in a Plan.
        (10) Submittal of past-due support information to the
    
Illinois Department of Revenue.
        (11) Requests for data matches with financial
    
institutions.
        (12) Account reviews and redeterminations for any
    
child support cases in which administrative processes are utilized by the Department under this Section.
        (13) Reports to the federal government.
        (14) All other duties required under Title IV, Part D
    
of the federal Social Security Act that are not otherwise included in a Plan.
    (d) To the extent that the provisions of this Act are inconsistent with the responsibilities or requirements imposed on the IV-D Child Support Program under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the provisions of this Act shall control, unless doing so violates Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-876, eff. 6-1-03.)