(a) The agency shall formulate and administer the state plan as required pursuant to section 576D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.(b) The agency may undertake any or all legal or administrative actions to: (1) Locate non-custodial parents;(3) Establish non-custodial parents' obligation to support their child or children;(4) Review non-custodial parents' obligation to support their child or children;(5) Modify non-custodial parents' obligation to support their child or children;(6) Collect and distribute voluntary payments or child support payments or both when a child support order requires collection and distribution, except that disbursement in temporary assistance for needy families cases shall be made in accordance with 4 5 C.F.R. §302.51; and(7) Enforce collection of child support by any or a combination of all appropriate enforcement methods available to the agency, including, but not limited to:
(B) Administrative process,-(C) Interception and retention of federal tax refunds,-(D) Interception and retention of state tax refunds;(E) Interception and retention of periodic or lump-sum payments from unemployment benefits, workers' compensation benefits, assets, settlements, proceeds, awards, judgments, lotteries, and any other entitlement to money due to non-custodial parents;(F) Establishment of liens;(G) Establishment and enforcement of income withholding orders;(H) Financial institution data match resulting in the freezing of financial accounts and the seizing of funds;(I) Referrals to consumer reporting agencies;(J) Referrals to licensing agencies for the suspension of driver or professional licenses;(K) Referrals for the denial of passports;(L) Referrals for administrative offsets; and(M) Referrals for federal prosecution in interstate cases.(c) The agency may decline to establish paternity, to pursue child support, and to initiate review and modification of child support when:(1) Incest or forcible rape is involved;(2) Legal proceedings for adoption are involved;(3) The parent is receiving pre-adoption services not to exceed three months; or(4) There is actual or potential physical or emotional harm to parents, children, or caretakers.(d) The agency shall cooperate with other states in:(1) Locating a non-custodial parent;(2) Establishing paternity and child support orders;(3) Enforcing child support orders,-(4) Collecting and disbursing child support payments; and(5) Reviewing and modifying child support orders. [Eff 2/13/89; am 7/27/90; am and comp 10/31/1991; am and comp MAR 30 2014] (Auth: HRS § 576D-2) (Imp: HRS §§ 576D-3, 576D-4, 576D-6, 576D-10, 576E-2; 45 C.F.R. §§302.51, 302.60, 303.5, 303.71,)