AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SINGLE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.

SEC. 102. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SINGLE STATEWIDE AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENT. (a) In General.—Section 452(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(d)(3)) is amended to read as follows: “(3) The Secretary may waive any requirement of paragraph (1) or any condition specified under section 454(16), and shall waive the single statewide system requirement under sections 454(16) and 454A, with respect to a State if— “(A) the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the State has or can develop an alternative system or systems that enable the State— “(i) for purposes of section 409(a)(8), to achieve the paternity establishment percentages (as defined in section 452(g)(2)) and other performance measures that may be established by the Secretary; “(ii) to submit data under section 454(15)(B) that is complete and reliable; “(iii) to substantially comply with the requirements of this part; and “(iv) in the case of a request to waive the single statewide system requirement, to— “(I) meet all functional requirements of sections 454(16) and 454A; “(II) ensure that calculation of distributions meets the requirements of section 457 and accounts for distributions to children in different families or in different States or sub-State jurisdictions, and for distributions to other States; “(III) ensure that there is only one point of contact in the State which provides seamless case processing for all interstate case processing and coordinated, automated intrastate case management; “(IV) ensure that standardized data elements, forms, and definitions are used throughout the State; 112 STAT. 648 “(V) complete the alternative system in no more time than it would take to complete a single statewide system that meets such requirement; and “(VI) process child support cases as quickly, efficiently, and effectively as such cases would be processed through a single statewide system that meets such requirement; “(B)(i) the waiver meets the criteria of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 1115(c); or “(ii) the State provides assurances to the Secretary that steps will be taken to otherwise improve the State’s child support enforcement program; and “(C) in the case of a request to waive the single statewide system requirement, the State has submitted to the Secretary separate estimates of the total cost of a single statewide system that meets such requirement, and of any such alternative system or systems, which shall include estimates of the cost of developing and completing the system and of operating and maintaining the system for 5 years, and the Secretary has agreed with the estimates.”. (b) Payments to States.—Section 455(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B); (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting “, and”; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: “(D) equal to 66 percent of the sums expended by the State during the quarter for an alternative statewide system for which a waiver has been granted under section 452(d)(3), but only to the extent that the total of the sums so expended by the State on or after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph does not exceed the least total cost estimate submitted by the State pursuant to section 452(d)(3)(C) in the request for the waiver;”.